On the recordMarch 12, 2014
I thank the gentleman. Isn't it true, sir, that the language that you read from the amendment says ``nothing in this bill''? It means that if the amendment were passed, the ability of the Congress or the courts to enforce the law against the President would be exactly the same as if the bill didn't pass, so it wouldn't immunize the President from the current law. It would immunize him from whatever new thing the bill would do, but not from the current law and whatever ability the courts have to restrain the President from not enforcing civil rights laws right now.
