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Wed Jul 16, 2014, 07:41 PM Jul 2014

Can House sue Obama? Legal expert warns of 'uber' president usurping power.

I knew the expert was Turley even before I clicked on the article. I really find him despicable.

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Can House sue Obama? Legal expert warns of 'uber' president usurping power.


A constitutional law scholar urged members of Congress to file a lawsuit accusing Obama of exceeding his authority when he unilaterally rewrote parts of the Affordable Care Act.
By Warren Richey, Staff writer July 16, 2014


Warning of the danger of an ever-expanding “uber” presidency, a constitutional law scholar urged members of Congress Wednesday to go ahead and file a lawsuit accusing President Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority when he unilaterally rewrote parts of the Affordable Care Act.

“There is a growing crisis in our system – a shifting of power toward the executive,” Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, told members of the House Rules Committee.

“It is this body – Congress – that has lost the most in the rise of this uber presidency,” he said.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0716/Can-House-sue-Obama-Legal-expert-warns-of-uber-president-usurping-power

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