Lawless
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Lawless

The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Lawless

The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law

About this book

In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively, scholarly account of how the Obama administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law. Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another—Obamacare; unauthorized wars in the Middle East; attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights; and many more.Violating his own promises to respect the Constitution’s separation of powers, Obama brazenly ignores Congress when it won’t rubber-stamp his initiatives. "We can’t wait,” he intones when amending Obamacare on the fly or signing a memo legalizing millions of illegal immigrants, as if Congress doing its job as a coequal branch of government somehow permits the president to rule like a dictator, free from the Constitution’s checks and balances.President Obama has also presided over the bold and rampant lawlessness of his underlings. Harry Truman famously said, "The buck stops here.” When confronted with allegations that his administration’s actions are illegal, Obama responds, "So sue me.” Lawless shows how President Obama has betrayed not only the Constitution but also his own stated principles. In the process, he has done serious and potentially permanent damage to our constitutional system. As America swings into election season, it will have to grapple with finding a president who can repair Obama’s lawless legacy.

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Information

Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781594038334
eBook ISBN
9781594038341
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Public Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Why So Lawless?
  8. Chapter 2: No Justice at the Justice Department
  9. Chapter 3: A Leave of Absence from the ā€œRepublic of Conscienceā€
  10. Chapter 4: The Assault on Private Property and Freedom of Contract
  11. Chapter 5: ā€œMore Czars than the Romanovsā€
  12. Chapter 6: Obamacare Above All
  13. Chapter 7: You Can’t Say That!
  14. Chapter 8: Antidiscrimination Law Run Amok
  15. Conclusion
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Notes
  18. Index