WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 21 (DPI) – Comment boards on major news sites reflected general approval of President Obama’s unilateral action to grant amnesty to millions of people living illegally in America.
But despite many comments that the president “did the right thing,” readers also conveyed an unease that our democracy is now on a slippery political slope that will irreparably damage long-respected institutions and only further enrich elite Washington litigators, PR operators and other sophists in the years ahead. One comment:
Whatever justification Obama may have for this, I think it opens the floodgates that threaten our democratic process. Washington lawyers will be arguing forever in all kinds of courts over what’s constitutional. It’s the David Boies Full Employment Act for Political Litigators. And that’s bad for the rest of us.
Comment boards on NYTimes.com, washingtonpost.com and wsj.com, among others, were overflowing with remarks. The Washington Post’s lead story on President Obama’s action on immigration drew 3500 comments alone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/us/obama-immigration-speech.html
From NYTimes.com:
The congress has the power to enact law, period. The congress represents the people of this country. The president spitting in the face of congress, is spitting in the face of the American people.
Dear Congress,
When you make a point of blocking a President’s agenda, or just flat out making it impossible for the President to do anything, it has the perverse outcome of encouraging him to act through executive orders. The President, regardless of his party, can legitimately claim that Congress would not address an issue that demanded attention. Tortured interpretations of the Constitution and Executive powers should be expected. Congress has chosen not to govern, and this is the short-term result. But, we should all worry about the long-term precedents being set.