professor turley is so insightful about this. this is not some right-wing extremist. in testimony before the house committee, he said "i believe the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to faithfully execute the laws." he goes on to say -- quote -- "this goes to the very heart of what is the madisonian system. if a president can unilaterally change the laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them it takes off-line that very thing that stabilizes our system." i believe the members will loathe the day they allow that to happen. when i teach constitutional law, i ask my students, what is the limiting principle of your argument? when that question is presented to this white house, too often the answer is in the first person. that the president is the limiting principal or at least the limiting person. we can't rely on that type of assurance in our system." madison knew no people can be given total power without limits. he goes on to say, professor turley does -- quote -- "the problem of what the president is doing is that he is not simply posi

professor turley is so insightful about this. this is not some right-wing extremist. in testimony before the house committee, he said "i believe the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to faithfully execute the laws." he goes on to say -- quote -- "this goes to the very heart of what is the madisonian system.

this nation, as george washington university law professor jonathan turley, who has testified a number of times here often called by our democratic colleagues, put it, this nation, he says, is at -- quote -- "a constitutional tipping point." professor turley, who is a nationally recognized constitutional scholar self-described supporter of president obama testified before the house of representatives in february of last year before the president announced this november amnesty and said this -- quote -- "the current passivity of congress represents a crisis for members crisis of faith for members willing to see a president assume legislative powers in exchange for insular policy gains. the short term insular victories achieved by this president will come at a prohibitive cost if the balance is not corrected. constitutional authority is easy to lose in the transient shift of politics. it's far more difficult to regain. if a passion for the constitution does not motivate members of congress, perhaps a sense of self-preservation will be enough to unify members. president obama will not be

professor turley is so insightful about this. this is not some right-wing extremist. in testimony before the house committee, he said "i believe the president has exceeded his brief. the president is required to faithfully execute the laws. he goes on to say -- quote -- "this goes to the very heart of what is the mad -- isonian system if the president can unilaterally change the laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them, it takes off-line that very thing that stabilizes our system. i believe our members will loathe the day they allow that to happen. when i teach constitutional law i ask my students what is the limiting principle of your argument. when that question is presented to this white house too often the answer is in the first person, that the president is the limiting principal or at least the limiting person. we can't rely on that type of assurance in our system." madison knew no people can be given total power without limits he goes on to say professor turley does -- quote -- "the problem of what the president is doing is that he is not simply posin

this nation, as george washington university law professor jonathan turley, who has testified a number of times here often called by our democratic colleagues, put it, this nation, he says, is at -- quote -- "a constitutional tipping point." professor turley, who is a nationally recognized constitutional scholar self-described supporter of president obama testified before the house of representatives in february of last year before the president announced this november amnesty and said this -- quote -- "the current passivity of congress represents a crisis for members crisis of faith for members willing to see a president assume legislative powers in exchange for insular policy gains. the short term insular victories achieved by this president will come at a prohibitive cost if the balance is not corrected. constitutional authority is easy to lose in the transient shift of politics. it's far more difficult to regain. if a passion for the constitution does not motivate members of congress, perhaps a sense of self-preservation will be enough to unify members. president obama will not be

professor turley is so insightful about this. this is not some right-wing extremist. in testimony before the house committee he said i believe the president has exceeded his brief brief. the president is required to faithfully execute the laws. he goes on to say quote this goes to the very heart of what is the madisonian system if a president daniel literally change the meaning of the laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them it takes off like that very thing that stabilizes our system. i believe the members vote today will allow that to happen. when i teach constitutional law i ask my students what is a limiting principle of your argument? when that question is presented to this white house to often its answer is in the first-person. the president is a limiting principle or at least a limiting person. we can't rely on that type of assurance in our system. madison knew, no people can be given total power without limits. he goes on to say professor turley does, quote the problem with what the president is doing is that he is not simply posing a danger to the c

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