Well now you're just mixing your personal politics with the law
"Remember, no law is made by the executive", well of course it isn't, that's my whole point, the law was passed in the congress in 2006 that granted the executive the right to create such programs."And just because one president issues an executive order does not grant power to, or limit subsequent presidents". This is a misreading. The limitations of 'executive decisions' are set by the congress and apply to the office of the executive and not to the individual who is currently in office. Legally Obama has exactly the same right as Bush to do this. These powers pass through presidents. "Creating programs must be done on pursuant to a statutory grant, followed by..", Yes, and that happened under the Bush administration back in 2006. The legal groundwork was laid back then and Obama is simply utilizing it.
Now to the politics. "well, at least he wanted to, but thoses other guys hate gays, women and the environment." Well I agree with that political sentiment in many ways. It's that cringe worthy, all too common liberal sentiment that says "Well yes, he has bombed 8 countries in 6 years and they've all been majority Muslim, but he has been pretty good on gay rights!". So I agree with that part of what you say. But that's not the issue here. If we are talking about legal issues then lets stick to that.
(, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 2:18, Reply)