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Is President Obama’s Dream Order a Legal Nightmare?

June 19th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Executive Decision not to enforce Federal immigration laws in order to give President Obama a badly needed political boost may run afoul of the soon-to-be-released Supreme Court decision in the Arizona Immigration Law case. President Obama’s own Nightmare Dream Act

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Tags: Arizona, Congress, Constitution, Dream Act, Executive, illegal immigration
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Update: More on Obama and Signing Statements

April 17th, 2011

By Dan Miller Shortly after submission of my previous post, several more relevant articles appeared. Here Candidate Obama’s interpretation of his 2008 message on signing statements was explained. As I understand it, it means that President Obama will issue signing statements only concerning legislation he doesn’t like, not legislation Former President Bush doesn’t like. “While […]

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Tags: Congress, Constitution, czars, Executive, line item, signing statements, veto
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Constitutional Scholar Obama on Signing Statements

April 17th, 2011

By Dan Miller The silly old Constitution no longer means what it seemed to during the reign of King George The Brute. In 2008 (my how time flies), Candidate Obama rejected presidential signing statements, i.e., signing into law a bill passed by the Congress but saying he won’t abide by the parts he doesn’t like. […]

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Tags: Congress, Constitution, czars, Executive, line item, signing statements, veto
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The U.S. Constitution in a Nutshell: O’Donnell Is Right, Coons Is Wrong

October 17th, 2010

By Dan Miller The Constitution is short and simple but fragile and endangered. We should not allow politicians to euthanize it. The United States Constitution is short and easy to read. It is far shorter and easier to read than most legislation, excepting such fluff as a declaration of a “National Eat Healthy Day.” The […]

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Tags: Congress, Executive, judicial review, separation of powers, U.S. Constitution
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