Political Quotes

“He goes on--this is a direct quote-- This goes to the very heart of what is the Madisonian system. If a president can unilaterally change the meaning of laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them, it takes offline that very thing that stabilizes our system. He goes on: I believe the members will loathe the day that they allow that to happen. He is talking about Members of Congress. ``I believe the members [of Congress] will loathe the day that they allow that to happen.'' He goes on: This will not be our last president. There will be more presidents who will claim the same authority. When I teach constitutional law, I often ask my students, what is the limiting principle of your argument? When that question is presented to this White House, too often it's answered in the first person, that the president is the limiting principle or at least the limiting person. We can't rely on that type of assurance in our system. That is what Professor Turley said, who voted for President Obama and is a well-known legal scholar. That is dramatic testimony and we need to listen to it. I am hearing it from my constituents daily. They think this administration is not telling the truth on a regular basis. They cannot imagine how we can pass a health care law, and the President is just going and picking and choosing what parts of it he wants to go forward, what parts he wants to delay. How can this happen? Is this a legal system or not? Mr.…”