President Obama Issues “Signing Statement” Indicating He Won’t Abide by Provision in Budget Bill

He signed the bill, knowing this was in there, and knowing he wouldn’t abide by it. Did he perhaps tell the other side of his plans? Sigh.

KP Mailman — what’s even worse was that he NEGOTIATED (in supposed “good faith”) with people to put that clause in. What a rotter.

Why didn’t he say this before it was voted on?

Impeach him he is defying the Constitution, who the h*ll does he think he is king?

I just dont trust him. No substance whatsoever…..

Wish I knew what promises he made during the negotiations over the CR. Don’t have a problem with the Executive protecting its rights, but it sounds like he might have negotiated in bad faith.

Obama is wrong about the courts. It is not the executive’s perrogative to prosecute, it is their duty – because the imprisoned, in a free society, have a right to their day in court.

It’s boggles the mind that Tapper and the rest of the poodles in the MFM continue to cover for this idiot.

CLASSIC! Obama is even worse than Bush, the only difference is a little more racial hostility, class division rhetoric, and less qualified advisors. Some ‘hope’, some ‘change’….
-expanded war(s) and new war(s)!
-Gitmo still open!
-military trials!
-expanded Patriot Acts!
-expanded TSA groping!
-ruined economy!
-devalued dollar!
-more expensive fuel!
-open borders!

“YOU LIE!”

Posted by: Football | Apr 15, 2011 9:43:45 PM
” He Won’t abide by the LAW? Is that what this idiot just declared? PUT his butt in jail and impeach him. ”
Growm up Bozo. Were you living in Mars when Georgie Bushie was “Commander in Thief”? He did worst that Obama on “Signing Statements”.
You ain’t seen anything yet.
March on Obama.
4 MORE YEARS.
Give the damn bastards hell.

If this guy thinks he is above the law.. His behind will be impeached..
Anyone still think he has the good of America as his priority? Who is pulling this puppets strings????

Mr. Tapper,
I’d like to thank you for daring to actually report news that isn’t exactly flattering to our President.
I realize that you’re likely surrounded by a left leaning group of peers, but you manage to report relatively fairly.
And I appreciate it. They were crazy to put Amanpour (whatever her name is) over you on Sunday. For the first time in a very long time that Sunday show (sorry, can’t recall the name) was actually almost watchable.

I’m so glad that Our president has the last word.
If there were more than 2 “tea party” members, I might consider joining.

I, too, remember Bush doing the same thing. But time and time again the things that Barry spoke against as a senator and a candidate he has turned around and done the same things. Thank you, Jake Tapper, for including this in your article.

I say republicans start a convoy of ships to take oil rig workers out to the gulf and start drilling!! They have the authority of the federal judge to drill…so just go out and start workers drilling….Obama and his criminals are ignoring that one too. So scrwew him start getting roughnecks back on the oil platforms and screw Obama….damn commie!!!

Maybe the President does need help from advisers about the Constitution and his/her responsibilities pertaining to it.
The question is…when is he going to start actually giving a good gosh damn about the Constitution or following his duties surrounding it?

The notion that a president is going to turn his back on his country and its economy in order to satisfy special interest groups can’t be tolerated.

Let’s all just ignore the laws we don’t like. Great idea Barry!

Do we still need Congress? They appear to have been made irrelevant under Obama, as has the voice of the people. How long before we begin to hear “The Republic is dead, long live the King”?
The following corrective actions need be taken if the U.S. is to recover from the radical changes which began 100 years ago.
1. End the Federal Reserve as it currently exists, and nationalize it under total control of Congress.
2. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
3. Apply term limits to all elected Federal House and Senate members, as well as pensions for elected Federal politicians.
4. Return control from Washington to the States, their governments, and their residents all functions currently overseen by the Federal government which is not explicitly authorized under the Constitution.
5. Reduce the salaries of Federal elected politicians while reducing the frequency of their convening proportionately, and related to necessity. (They should spend more time at home listening to their constituents which would reduce the funding requirement to run a reelection campaign, and place greater focus on their constituents rather than lobbyists.)
6. Reduce the size of the IRS and eliminate Federal income tax making the collection of taxes a duty of each individual State, to meet their needs and allow the Federal government to be funded proportionately based upon census by each State.
The last item would drastically reduce waste and corruption and eliminate redistribution of wealth by the Federal government. States have to be more accountable to their citizenry than does a disassociated Federal government which redistributes borrowed money using the entire population as collateral.
Freedom does not mean that everything is free, and while the Federal government may act as a provider, it does so only on the backs of the producers, who more often than not find their voices ignored once their taxes are collected by Washington.
It is highly unlikely that the citizens of all 50 states would simultaneously allow their government to act in ways that are seen as destructive and not make their voices heard, while the same is not so certain when control is exercised from a central government over which the people lose control immediately following each election.

Wouldn’t breaking the law be grounds for impeachment?
Oh wait, “It’s reprehensible, but it doesn’t rise to the level of an impeachable offense.”
We were taught this phrase during the Clinton administration.

What precisely is the line this marxist punk has to cross before he is impeached? As far as I can see there is none. The Constitution, court rulings or acts of Congress, he just ignores them in his haste to destroy America. I’m 53 and I’ve never experienced a rogue President like this one. We’ve got to put a leash on him soon, for the good of the country.

So he is going to pay for them….how?

Every time he gives a speech lately, his eyes loll around and he has a hint of slurred speech. I swear he is either hitting the bottle or the pipe.
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I think it is because he is changing roles. He has always been acting as president.
In the first act, he was Professor Obama, cool and collected.
In the second act, he is renegade Obama. His way is the right way or else.
Either way, smoking or drinking, he is still an empty suit.

Bush was famous for his signing statements, where he did as he pleased regardless of the law. An what is this idiotic obsession with the word czar? It means a consultant- every president has had them?

Il Duce oBama…. these checks and balances of this representative government thingy are beginning to irritate me.

Can’t wait until 2012, it doesn’t matter who runs against him, I’ll vote for them, no one could be worse then this man for American.

I am so laughing at all you who are aghast and asking if the President can break the law. Where the heck have you been for the past 10 years. Bush was a master at this.

“Bush was famous for his signing statements”
FYI: Bush ain’t President any more. And this Obama idiot promised not to use ANY signing statements at all.
Only idiots could vote for Obama again.

The voters didnot give the management trainee occupying the Oval Office permission to hire a cast of hundreds to help him DO HIS JOB. He personally can’t stand the heat in the kitchen, so just get out, for the good of this country.

The next step for the republicans is to give corporations the right to vote, instead of buying each and every republican politician.
They have no concept of the constitution and how it relates to actual people. Putting suspected terrorists offshore and relying on the “safety” of a communist country (Cuba) to house them without trial is the height of hypocrisy.
Republicans has shown so much contempt for America that its sickening, but let’s not just use hyperbole:
There is only one reason Some states (I’m sad to say, including mine, LA) are introducing birth certificate bills. They hate the president because he’s black. They cannot accept the fact that he is one of us. Arizona, that vanguard of Tea Party activism, was the last state to recognize MLKs birthday. I know, I know, they didn’t have a calendar or something.
They wanted to order police to check the status of whoever they might suspect of not being “one of us”. Never mind that Arizona land was grabbed from Mexico by force, not too legally I might add.
He wanted to ensure our seniors got some minimum level of care in their last years, and the Raw Meat Republicans likened that to Communism. They might as well call it OBAMACARE, because the REPUBLICAN’S DON’T CARE. They would just as well let you die. Its the Christian thing to do.
Upset about Departmental CZARS? SIGNING STATEMENTS? Well those are both Republican innovations.
The republicans have proposed that we alleviate the debt crisis by cutting taxes. I suppose I can help pay off my house by quitting my job.
They talk of trying to support these mom-and-pop businesses (like General Electric) get by. Never mind that corporate profits are going thru the roof.
Your absurb statements about Medicare “reform”, essentially killing it outright and giving some allowance and letting you fend for yourself, will save 5 trillion dollars. Let me translate that for the rest of you. That is how much more it will cost seniors who no longer work. I suppose they would pay it out of their Social Security…no wait, Republicans are killing that as well. I suppose grandma could get a job loading concrete blocks somewhere.
The world has had three disasters that highlighted a real problem with Natural Resources:
The Massey Mine (COAL)
The BP Macondo blowout (OIL and NG)
The Fukushima nuclear plant
All three had the most intimate ties to loss of life, and quality of life, directly related to regulatory failures, bypassed inspections, ignoring what the industries call “red tape”. Now people are dead and my own senators are clammoring to start drilling again without any real fixes put in place. The Oil companies are using the same design as before and jumping right in.
No need to go into Sharon Angle’s appeal to have a “Second Ammendment Solution” to the problem. What a cold, treasonous statement to make from a senatorial candidate.

With the lowest IQ party in the USA creating laws in their own narcissistic image, President Obama must use signing statements to counteract republican stupidity. Several studies demonstrate that republican average IQs are 30-40% lower than Democrats. Republicanism is politicized and codified narcissism; not a political ideology. Americans would do well to take notice of the destruction and damage the republicans have brought to this country with their skewed, dysfunctional thinking.

Obama is not any different than Bush – and the next President will be the same. I can see this, I know this, and I’m not surprised when I read things like this article. What scares me more than anything are the comments like this one from LoyalDemocrat. What is wrong with people today? Our government is out of control, our Constitution is completely ignored and people like this are the REASON for it. You scare me.
Posted by LoyalDemocrat:
“I am more proud of Barack Obama now than I was during those heady days of the campaign and the big win. Little did his enemies know of the true nature of this win, which was a victory for all who embrace peace, and justice for those simply want a better life.
Some people’s lives can’t get any better, and they must be made to pay for the privilege of being permitted to amass large amounts of wealth. Our President Obama will succeed in compelling these greedy takers to share their good luck with the rest of us.
Our Government doesn’t print money just for those wealthy cash hoarders.
Our President should do whatever it takes to beat back the exploiters of the common man. He will, given enough time, force the big oil companies to stop hindering the development of efficient and cheap clean energy.
Barack Obama needs our help. We need to unite with the Muslim world and put an end to the Zionist Neocon menace, and the Tea Party xenophobes.
The outdated, irrelevant parchment serving as our country’s constitution needs to be modernized or replaced by one which serves those who seek a living wage and those who would compel the rich among us to pay their fair share of taxes. How else can justice be secured for those who need better lives?
If Obama is needs the power to accomplish justice for all, we need to give it to him. If he is able, he can do what is right in spite of Republican attempts at controlling him, in the name of a piece of paper written by slave-holders. Who are they trying to kid? Do they think we’re stupid?”

ASIDE TO ” MY FELLOWAMERICANS..YOU SCARE ME”….quit joking around with us….no one is that ignorant.

Dr John Galt – thank you…you DO NOT scare me. I should’ve read a little further and my fears would have been balanced out by your post. Thank you for easing my fear, and helping me to realize that there are plenty of rational people who are paying attention. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Posted by Dr John Galt:
“Do we still need Congress? They appear to have been made irrelevant under Obama, as has the voice of the people. How long before we begin to hear “The Republic is dead, long live the King”?
The following corrective actions need be taken if the U.S. is to recover from the radical changes which began 100 years ago.
1. End the Federal Reserve as it currently exists, and nationalize it under total control of Congress.
2. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
3. Apply term limits to all elected Federal House and Senate members, as well as pensions for elected Federal politicians.
4. Return control from Washington to the States, their governments, and their residents all functions currently overseen by the Federal government which is not explicitly authorized under the Constitution.
5. Reduce the salaries of Federal elected politicians while reducing the frequency of their convening proportionately, and related to necessity. (They should spend more time at home listening to their constituents which would reduce the funding requirement to run a reelection campaign, and place greater focus on their constituents rather than lobbyists.)
6. Reduce the size of the IRS and eliminate Federal income tax making the collection of taxes a duty of each individual State, to meet their needs and allow the Federal government to be funded proportionately based upon census by each State.
The last item would drastically reduce waste and corruption and eliminate redistribution of wealth by the Federal government. States have to be more accountable to their citizenry than does a disassociated Federal government which redistributes borrowed money using the entire population as collateral.
Freedom does not mean that everything is free, and while the Federal government may act as a provider, it does so only on the backs of the producers, who more often than not find their voices ignored once their taxes are collected by Washington.
It is highly unlikely that the citizens of all 50 states would simultaneously allow their government to act in ways that are seen as destructive and not make their voices heard, while the same is not so certain when control is exercised from a central government over which the people lose control immediately following each election.”

All you Republicans make me laugh with your righteous indignation.
You are all a bunch of hypocrites.
Were you living in Mars when Georgie Bushie was “Commander in Thief”?
George Bush did worst that Obama on “Signing Statements”.
You ain’t seen anything yet.
March on Obama.
4 MORE YEARS.
Give the damn bastards hell Bams.

Obama is not in Constitutional bounds in his refusal to abide by certain provisions of legislation he signed into law. Specifically, he out of the bounds of federalism, a principle upon which the Constitution is based.
The executive branch is Constitutionally bound to enforce existing legislation — until that legislation is ruled on in federal court.
For Obama to say that he will not abide by a certain provision in this bill is unconstitutional.
Furthermore, the executive branch is not supposed to interpret the law. Interpretation of the law is the courts’ domain.
If he wanted to challenge the provision in a Constitutional manner, he should have refused to sign the legislation.
If Congress defunds the czars, the matter should be a done deal according to the Constitution.

Hello Bill Mitchell,
What academic jounal posted that information about IQ? I can’t seem it find it.

So eternally grateful barry sets the precedent for future conservative to tell liberals to go to hell. Still I continue hoping that his head explodes from lead poisoning.

Obama is a dictator wanta be—he doesn’t care about the laws. He cares only about feeding his ego. We see him do it again and again and again.

The “czars” are not advisors; they are people who are not vetted or confirmed by Congress given independent decision-making authority within the Executive. Why does a President need “czars”? After all, the President has a cabinet that in its totality covers the ground. Of course, in his 2+ years in office Obama has not even met half of his cabinet, much less had any cabinet meetings.
Nixon initiated the “czar” concept with his “drug czar”. The reasoning was that there was no department that could focus exclusively on the “war on drugs”, so he needed someone who would do so. It was a bad idea at the time and has only gotten worse since. The notion of an uncontrolled center of power within the executive branch is anathema to democracy.
But regardless of what anyone thinks about having “czars” in the executive branch, the real issue here is that Obama negotiated a deal and then promptly reneged, just as he wants to renege on his agreement at the end of 2010 to extend existing tax rates. No negotiations are possible with a man who will not keep his word.

If the President and Eric Holder can pick and choose what laws they want to comply with why can’t the average citizen?
Call it the Obama defense. “Your Honor I don’t believe in that law so I don’t have to comply with it”

CIVIL WAR Please. This time its about freeing the stupid.

The left wing loons trying to defend the indefensible reveal the utter hypocrisy that is the very core of their being. I can think of no bigger threat to the freedom of Americans than these liars who demonstrate their willingness to use any means to subvert the laws of the land to their benefits. Filthy traitors!

I am not a Republican.
And I didn’t support GWB’s end runs around the Constitution, either.
It is juvenile to say, “Bush violated the Constitution, so it’s just fine for Obama to do so too.”
Until the Constitution is repealed or amended, federalism should be the rule of law.

before Christmas, oops.

What is everyone thinking? Our federal, state and local governments don’t waste billions of dollars, they waste trillions. What are we thinking electing people to jobs because they are Democrate or Republican? That makes it a popularity contest. We give people like Obama, Bush and Clinton cushy high paying government jobs and they fail. Because they were not qualified applicants. Thats why they need czars. The president should be someone who could run a large business and turn a profit, period. That’s the job. Politics, politicians and the media have all of us worring about issues that keep us divided so we think we need to pick a side. There is a middle ground that works for everyone. We need people thinking on those terms running our government, not people trying to win popularity contest.

Looks like Mr. Sortero is taking more liberties to become a Socialist dictator. I’m just kidding! I don’t watch Fox News so I’m not actually a rightwing head case.

This administration has made it clear it supports selective enforcement of the law.
Naturally, that includes selective following of the law and, by extension, selective honoring of promises.
If Obama could not abide by the agreement, he should not have signed it.
Integrity is in short supply in this White House.

Obama don’t need no stinkin Congress or Constitution. He be payin these czars out of his stash. He be gettin’ his stash from George Soros. The boys make a great team. GS + BHO = BS.

Bill Mitchell…
If democrats are demonstrably brighter than republicans then please tell me why they round up the poorest and least educated among us EVERY election and bus them to the polls? If what you claim it true, then they should be keeping these idiots AWAY from the polls… right?
Also, there is a clear link to intelligence and income. Those with higher intelligence earn more money on average. There is also a clear link to income and political party, with the higher earners leaning conservative. How can your statement possibly be true when both of these statements are backed up year after year with actual facts.
You do the math. You claim to be among the smart crowd.

“While it is legitimate for a president to issue a signing statement to clarify his understanding of ambiguous provisions of statutes and to explain his view of how he intends to faithfully execute the law, it is a clear abuse of power to use such statements as a license to evade laws that the president does not like or as an end-run around provisions designed to foster accountability,” Obama told the Globe. (Back referring to bush) Now that Odummy has flat said he intends to ignore laws (more specifically decline of spending by Congress that controlls spending shouldn’t Obama be brought up on charges for abusing presidential power? IMPEACHMENT TIME

“George W. Bush issued 161 signing statements affecting over 1,100 provisions of law in 160 Congressional enactments. So before you call Obama a traitor, check your Republifacts.”
Bush didn’t lie about it. Obama did. So, let’s just call Obama the liar that he is. Are you OK with that?

Evidntly OBAMA ‘…hates, hates, hate,
the United State of Amerioa…”!
OBAMA has no respect for the American
voers! OBAMA is not a decent man.
Sooner or later OBAMA will realize that
he is not treating the voting public
exactly as Gadaffi treats them!
OBAMA please leave office!

Where are all of the libs chanting Obama lied? He said he wouldn’t do it and he did, and this is one of many times he says one thing and does another. Did he just say he would not follow the law? Are we a nation ruled by law or by man?

There’s been “czars” in the executive branch for decades. Now that Obama has named a few it’s the end of the world.

If I went to work and said I simply would not abide by certain things, I’d be jobless. So to the president, if it is agreed on by your house and senate, then you should just bite the big one and abide by it, if you dont like it, you certainly are entitled to your own opinion and you are more than welcome to LEAVE the White House to those who sincerely care for this country and not just their own agendas.

Tremendous repercussions for the White House on this one. The GOP is very upset.