{"id":7463,"date":"2014-08-15T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7463"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:47:19","slug":"undermine-the-constitution-at-your-own-peril-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/08\/15\/undermine-the-constitution-at-your-own-peril-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Undermine the Constitution at Your Own Peril, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Founding Fathers designed the separation of powers in our Constitution<\/a> to protect us from tyranny. And, of course, that\u2019s by far most important function of the Constitution\u2019s checks and balances. But President Obama is finding out that it also can protect a president from undue political pressure.<\/p>\n

Before he decided<\/a> that he would further<\/a> rewrite the law to suit open borders pressure groups on his own, President Obama himself said<\/a> to a protestor who interrupted his speech in San Francisco, \u201cif in fact I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. But we’re also a nation of laws. That’s part of our tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he had already<\/a> shown, with his implementation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an administrative version of the DREAM Act that failed<\/a> to pass Congress, that to him, these were just empty words. Less than a year before implementing DACA, President Obama had in fact asserted that to do so would be a violation of the law. No wonder that open borders groups now brush aside assertions that he cannot simply do whatever they demand.<\/p>\n

Now, though vulnerable Senate Democrats would prefer<\/a> that the President not grant unilaterally before the election, there is little he can do to satisfy them without in turn angering the open borders pressure groups that believe there should be nothing stopping them from getting their way. As amnesty activist Lorella Praeli says, President Obama \u201chas made certain promises to our community, and he has made those promises public.\u201d She went on to threaten<\/a>: \u201cThe truth is, nothing and no one will stand in the way of relief for our communities, and we will make sure everyone is held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

No matter what he does, President Obama is unlikely to satisfy every activist with a demand. For instance, some illegal alien pressure groups find a unilateral amnesty that excludes those with criminal records to be insufficient.<\/a> But an amnesty that includes those with felony records is likely to cause even more distress to a public that has already rejected<\/a> the President\u2019s immigration policy, including some of the President\u2019s own supporters.\u00a0 If the President had not unlawfully rejected Congress\u2019 Constitutional authority to write the nation\u2019s immigration laws, he could have deflected some of this pressure from himself onto members of Congress. But now he can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

It turns out, as much as President Obama likes to lament the confines<\/a> of the American political system, it could have helped him, as well as the public. President Obama, having taught his open borders supporters that American political constraints do not apply, has also taught them that they have only him to blame for failing to satisfy all of their ultimatums.