RNC: Obama’s Executive Actions A ‘Power Grab’
Source: TPM
PEMA LEVY 2:10 PM EST, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 2013
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus rejected President Obama's executive actions on guns in a statement Wednesday, saying they "amount to an executive power grab."
"He paid lip service to our fundamental constitutional rights, but took actions that disregard the 2nd Amendment and the legislative process," Priebus said.
Here's the full statement on Obama's press conference:
President Obamas series of gun control measures amount to an executive power grab that may please his political base but will not solve the problems at hand. He paid lip service to our fundamental constitutional rights, but took actions that disregard the 2nd Amendment and the legislative process. Representative government is meant to give voice to the people; President Obamas unilateral executive action ignores this principle, said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.
Instead, we need to work together to find real solutions many of which do not come from the federal government that help protect our children and communities while also being firm in protecting Americans constitutional rights.
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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rnc-obamas-executive-actions-power-grab
Renew Deal
(81,869 posts)jambo101
(797 posts)Some one should tell those whiny malcontented GOP gun nuts that Obama is the duly elected President, he gets to wield the power, if the GOP dont like what he's doing,,,tough,you get some one up there as President then you can wield the power, maybe start some new wars..in the meantime quit the whining as it isnt what Americans are made of, in fact its embarrassing
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)I'd like to know how they justify their complaints about those items.
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Every time Obama opens his mouth, the republicans have to stick their foot in with exactly the opposite regardless of what Obama says.
cstanleytech
(26,310 posts)and now those same lunatics are in charge.
bowens43
(16,064 posts)Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)jlover70
(13 posts)they don't like background checks either...because it may lead to the truth...that they're CRAZY AS HELL
bemildred
(90,061 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)and pretty much after every incident of mass public violence, an ensuing change in gun laws.
Here's a good article with timeline
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/A-History-of-Mass-Shootings-and-Gun-Control-184051431.html
President George H.W. Bush signed an executive order in 1989, not long after the shooting of school kids in California 1/17/1989.
I'm sick of the propoganda. Start your lame azz faux civil war already.
Journeyman
(15,037 posts)I too believe our laws should be worked through the established legislative process.
I'm interested, though, in what if anything the RNC objects to within the proposed executive actions. If they can be forced to give their reasons now, it may make legislative enactment later a lot easier. And if their objections are strictly about the illegality of executive action, will they now propose legislation to nullify all such executive orders, both those given by Democrats as well as those by Republicans?
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)have a previous act of congress (law) or constitutional power as it's origin. In kindergarten terms, they can enhance an existing law. Something like that. When George H.W. Bush made his ex order I think he used the gun law from the 1968 Gun Control Act. From what i've read, they say Obama could also use the 1934 National Firearms act (levied a tax on guns) or 1938 Federal Firearms Act (required gun dealers to be licensed) to extend existing laws.
orbitalman
(1,098 posts)Just WHO the fuck is trying to grab power??? Time to bust the concrete out of the GOP brains.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)The people wanted a Democratic House.
catbyte
(34,423 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)Scholar says Bush has used obscure doctrine to extend power 95 times
The Bush administration has been using an extreme version of an obscure doctrine called the Unitary Executive Theory to justify executive actions that far exceed past presidents' power, RAW STORY has learned.
The doctrine assumes, in its extreme form, nearly absolute deference to the Executive branch from Congress and the Judiciary.
According to Dr. Christopher Kelley, a professor in the Department of Political Sciences at Miami University, as of April 2005, President Bush had used the doctrine 95 times when signing legislation into law, issuing an executive order, or responding to a congressional resolution.
More:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/CanExecutive_Branch_Decide_0923.html
One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)Who would of thought that enforcing existing laws was a "Power Grab".
truthisfreedom
(23,151 posts)Anything that get's Priebus' dander up is a good thing.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)would be having the Republican leadership seized and shipped off to some secret prison for "interrogation".
Javaman
(62,532 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Obama: 143
George W. Bush: 291
Clinton: 363
Reagan: 380
ALL presidents here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/disposition.html
Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively...
p.s. The link above is a good one to keep handy to refute the right-wingers that always FALSELY say that Obama has issued more EOs than Bush and other presidents.
John2
(2,730 posts)to Rachel Maddow now. This woman does her research. I think the NRA and Republican Tea baggers need to go back to school and learn some U.S. History. I also recomend this to a certain Senator in Florida. They are lacking about the knowledge of this Country's History. They are unfit for U.S. Leadership.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Now, that's fucking laughable. Isn't he the vermin that's pushing for rigged elections in order to continue his party's decades-long grab of power? Fuck you, you hypocritical waste of human flesh.
jumptheshadow
(3,269 posts)Since when do Republicans allow a legislative process?