Speech #1140005575

That meant of course that both of the Justices President Obama appointed rejected his claim that he could determine when the Senate was in recess. even though the Constitution makes it very clear. and it also rejected the Justice Departments arguments that supposedly allowed the President to make that recess appointment in violation of the Constitution. But the President. similar to the old French Kings. learns nothing and forgets nothing when it comes to respecting the limits of Presidential power. Despite the lodging of the power in the Constitution to Congress alone to enact uniform laws of naturalization. the President decided to enable millions of people who entered the country without documents to remain without congressional approval. In fact. at a recent Judiciary Committee hearing we heard testimony that the administrations misuse of parole authority under this directive would allow many individuals who are here illegally to obtain green cards without Congress changing a word of the immigration laws. This follows the Presidents earlier decision when Congress would not pass the DREAM Act to give benefits to undocumented aliens. as if that bill had been enacted into law. In both of these instances. the supposed justification for noncompliance with the law is that the need is so great. This is a siren song that supporters of the rule of law must reject. Texas and a number of other States have already filed suit challenging the immigration orders constitutionality. as well as its violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. In an unrelated case. Federal district court has already found parts of the order to be unlawful.