as english historian edward gibbon, "decline and fall" author, observed in his "decline and fall of the roman empire" book, noted that the principles of a free constitution are irrevocably lost when the legislative power is dominated by the executive. so from obamacare to immigrati immigration, the current administration is picking and choosing which laws to enforce. so this is correct. i believe chairman goodlatte is discussing an important issue. and what about the testimony of the witnesses at that hearing? it was really stunning. one witness, professor jonathan turley, well-known throughout the country, writes a lot in publications and legal journals, who is the professor of public interest law at george washington university law school and nationally recognized constitutional scholar, said he is a supporter of president obama's policies and voted for him. i want you to hear this, colleagues. professor turley at the hearing said this -- quote -- "i believe the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to

most of us carry around in our heads something of historical cartoon inherited her hats from edward gibbons among others in which the middle ages are seen as a time of darkness and stagnation. a turning point occurs 16th century after which there is a leap of human progress first in northwestern europe but at length everywhere across the globe. indeed the historical forces unleashed and now modern turn are such that progress becomes inevitable. history mounts ever higher and there are no genuine losses associated with the modern age. breds look contests this basically on two counts. on the one hand he observes that there are indeed losses as well as gains in modern progress and at some level everyone will have especially conservatives knows this. on the other hand and this is what is intellectually exciting about the book he demonstrates there is very little inevitable about the contours of our contemporary world. in fact the road by which the past became the present is filled with contingencies, with things that did not have to turn out quite the way they did. alternatives are indeed imagi

as english historian edward gibbon's famously observed the romanthe follow empire, the principles ofa free constitution are irrevocably lost when legislative power is dominated by executive. although the president's actions may not yet amount to the taking theowers over legislative power, they are certainly undermining the rule is at the center of our constitutional design. ,rom obamacare to immigration the current administration is picking and choosing which laws to enforce. conferstitution does not on the president the executive authority to disregard the powersion of unilaterally waiting, suspending or revising the laws. it is a bedrock principle of constitutional law that the president must faithfully execute acts of congress. the president cannot refuse to enforce a law simply because he disliked it. presidents have from time to time a blog claims of executive power. authority have traditionally been limited to the area in which presidential strongest -- their foreign affairs. the obama administration has assertive in the realm of the next six policy -- domestic policy. regulato