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Grassroot Institute: Obama Needs to Respect Constitution
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:54 PM :: 5680 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News

Grassroot Institute Pres. Kelii Akina Signs Letter to President Obama with Other National Think Tanks

From Liberty Foundation of America January 17, 2014  (PDF Version)

In remarks posted on The White House website, on January 14, 2014, President Barack Obama stated:

But one of the things that I'll be emphasizing in this meeting is the fact that we're not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing Americans the kind of help that they need. I've got a pen and I've got a phone--and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward in helping to make sure that our businesses are getting the kind of support and help they need to grow and advance to make sure that people are getting the skills that the need to get those jobs that our businesses are creating.

A cornerstone of America's system of government is the separation of powers expressly written in our Constitution. As every middle school student is taught, the legislative branch makes laws, as the executive branch executes those laws.

Specifically, Article I, sections 1 and 8 state: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...[t]o make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." As to the power of the President, Article II, sections 1 and 3 state: "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America...he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Congress makes all (not some) laws and the President faithfully executes those laws. Period.

President Obama seeks to substantially increase his questionable use of executive orders to merge the making and execution of laws, thereby circumventing Congress to remake America into what he solely deems best. The president is not a king. This proposed action violates the Constitution and undermines Main Street America's faith in government. Equally troubling, President Obama's proposed action will lead to extensive litigation, thereby increasing uncertainty for America's business community and delaying the strong economic recovery so desperately needed by countless Americans.

We respectfully urge President Obama to reverse course and demand that Congress aggressively fight every encroachment of its constitutional powers.

Dr. William Keli'i Akina
President & CEO, Grassroot Institute of Hawai'i

Brett Healy
President, The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy

Matt A. Mayer
President, Opportunity Ohio

Michael C. Carnuccio
President, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs

Joseph Lehman
President, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Ellen Weaver
President, Palmetto Policy Forum

Matthew J. Brouillette
President & CEO, Commonwealth Foundation

Dr. Bob McClure
President & CEO, James Madison Institute

David Boyle
President, Alaska Policy Forum

Dr. Don Racheter
Chief Operating Officer, Public Interest Institute

Brenda Talent
Executive Director, Show-Me Institute

Paul J. Gessing
President, Rio Grande Foundation

Wayne Hoffman
President, Idaho Freedom Foundation

Jerry Cantrell
President, Common Sense Institute

Tom McCabe
CEO, Freedom Foundation

J. Scott Moody
CEO & Chief Economist, Maine Heritage Policy Center

Daniel Greenberg
President, Advance Arkansas Institute

John Tillman
CEO, Illinois Policy Institute

Annette Meeks
CEO, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

Mike Stenhouse
CEO, Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity

Justin Owen
President & CEO, Beacon Center of Tennessee

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