Dictatorship
The Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, was passed by congress in 2010. The Democrats controlled both houses and it passed with all of the Democrats voting for it and no Republican votes. The president signed it into law in the summer of 2010.
You may remember the infamous words of then Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, “You have to pass it to find out what is in it.” So they passed
it without it being read. It went into effect on October 1, 2013 with full
implementation on January 1, 2014. Now we have a problem.
The law states every
citizen must have health insurance or be subject to fines and other lawful
charges. It is a law.
Suddenly, when some of Obama’s
friends found that it would cost them dearly for their insurance through the
exchanges, they started to petition the White house for exemptions on top of the
exemptions already granted to unions, congress and other cronies of this
administration. Obama found himself in the role of inflicting pain where he had
tried to avoid such and started to arbitrarily give delays, exemptions, and
other favors to certain people and organizations. This immediately caused an
unhealthy attitude towards the “law of the land” because now it is not “Equal
Rights Under the Law.” In checking with the constitution I find that, after the
bill was signed and became law, he cannot change it just by saying so. That is
unconstitutional.
The constitution states, (Article
I, section 7, para. Three,) “Every order, resolution or vote to which the
concurrence of the senate and house of representatives may be necessary shall
be presented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall
take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be
re-passed by two thirds of the Senate and the House of Representatives
according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill”. In
simple words, if it is a law, the president cannot change it on a whim. It must
go back to congress for resolution.
You would think that someone who
has taught constitutional law would know this. Evidently not, he has changed
this law just by saying what he wants on numerous occasions. In short, he has
dictated changes to a bill passed by congress and signed into law by him. This,
he cannot do.
Now I must put forth the question;
if he can change it just by saying to change it, how can it be LAW? Not one
thing in normal procedure was followed in this debacle called Obamacare. I do
not believe it is a law and cannot wait for some unhappy lawyer
that wants to try a good case to start proceedings.
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