. >> indeed, president obama is the first president since richard nibsen to ignore a duly enacted law simply because he disagrees with it. we have seen a pattern. president obama circumvents congress when he doesn't get his way. >> the administration's decision to defer action against particular individuals is neither unusual nor unconstitutional. >> this method of law making has more in common with monarchy than with democracy and constitutional republic. >> prosecutorial discretion is one thing. >>> and georgetown's nicolas krants joins us. is he overstepping his constitutional powers? >> well, i think that he is. article ii of the constitution says that the president shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. what the president has done in a number cases looks like rewriting the law than executing it. >> is he doing anything more than his predecessors? >> i think he is. president bush occasionally declined to execute statutes because he believed they were unconstitution unconstitutional. that's another matter. but president obama is declining to execute laws without a cl