Though President Obama’s executive orders issued this past
week on gun controls will only have a modest impact, they invoked an emotional
debate between the left and the right.
Republicans who felt stymied by the president’s move were
especially outraged that he used the executive order process, just as they were
flummoxed when Obama altered deportation methods to spare many more “Dreamers”
– kids born in America to illegal immigrant parents.
especially outraged that he used the executive order process, just as they were
flummoxed when Obama altered deportation methods to spare many more “Dreamers”
– kids born in America to illegal immigrant parents.
That immigration “EO,” as they’re called in Washington circles, currently
faces a challenge in the courts and Obama’s attempt to redefine licensed gun
dealers and which gun buyers must face a background check will also become mired in
the courts.
faces a challenge in the courts and Obama’s attempt to redefine licensed gun
dealers and which gun buyers must face a background check will also become mired in
the courts.
Conservative groups wrongly assume that the president abuses
the EO process at every turn, using those unique powers more frequently than
his predecessors. The graph below (which was created in June 2014) shows
otherwise.
the EO process at every turn, using those unique powers more frequently than
his predecessors. The graph below (which was created in June 2014) shows
otherwise.
Conservative columnist Dennis Lennox, while ascribing possible Nixonian
motives to Obama’s method of going around Congress, nonetheless expresses a
frustrating degree of admiration for the president’s political maneuvers.
motives to Obama’s method of going around Congress, nonetheless expresses a
frustrating degree of admiration for the president’s political maneuvers.
In a guest Op-Ed for The Detroit News, Lennox points out that Obama’s timing on new
gun rules prevents the GOP-controlled Congress from swiftly intervening through
the budgetary process and it makes a Supreme Court challenge a bittersweet
avenue for recriminations because no high court ruling on the newest EO will come before Obama
leaves 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
gun rules prevents the GOP-controlled Congress from swiftly intervening through
the budgetary process and it makes a Supreme Court challenge a bittersweet
avenue for recriminations because no high court ruling on the newest EO will come before Obama
leaves 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Here’s a bit of the thinking by Lennox, a freelance writer:
“Obama masterfully appeased his left-wing base, while at the
same time appealed to the sensible independents who value problem-solving
politics over ideological warfare, by bemoaning the Republican congressional
majority and casting them as being bought and paid for by ‘the gun lobby.’
same time appealed to the sensible independents who value problem-solving
politics over ideological warfare, by bemoaning the Republican congressional
majority and casting them as being bought and paid for by ‘the gun lobby.’
“If that sounds familiar it should.
“Obama used the same messaging — that he was solving
critical problems Congress refused to address — in past executive action
granting legal status (aka amnesty) to over 4 million illegal immigrants and
failing to defend (in court) the then-law of the land on the definition of marriage.
critical problems Congress refused to address — in past executive action
granting legal status (aka amnesty) to over 4 million illegal immigrants and
failing to defend (in court) the then-law of the land on the definition of marriage.
“And he keeps using the tactic because it works.”
That chart is amazing!
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