Obama Crosses the Rubicon

From the AP:

The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.

* BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

* ARTICLE 1; SECTION 8: THE CONGRESS SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ... ESTABLISH AN UNIFORM RULE OF NATURALIZATION.

The policy change, described to The Associated Press by two senior administration officials, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. It also bypasses Congress...

* NICE OF THE AP TO NOTE THIS!

* SERIOUSLY, FOLKS... SUCH AN ACTION WOULD BE BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND TO CALL EVEN THE ATTEMPT "TYRANNICAL" IS NOT HYPERBOLE!

Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be immune from deportation if they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED, or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.

* FOLKS... IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE PLAN SOUNDS GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT TO YOU OR ME; THE PRESIDENT HAS NO RIGHT TO SIMPLY BYPASS CONGRESS! IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION...!!! CONGRESS - AND ONLY CONGRESS - HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR LAWS SUCH AS THESE! IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH... THEN AMERICA IS WITHOUT DOUBT NO LONGER A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC UNDER THE RULE OF LAW.

The policy will not lead toward citizenship but will remove the threat of deportation and grant the ability to work legally, leaving eligible immigrants able to remain in the United States for extended periods. It tracks closely to a proposal offered by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as an alternative to the DREAM Act.

* FOLKS... IF RUBIO - OR ANY SENATOR OR SENATORS... OR ANY CONGRESSMAN OR CONGRESSMEN - WANT SUCH LEGISLATION THEN IT'S UP TO THEM TO GET IT WRITTEN AND PASSED! THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO BYPASS CONGRESS - EVEN IF CONGRESS ITSELF STEPS ASIDE FOR POLITICAL REASONS!

The change is likely to cause an outcry from congressional Republicans, who are sure to perceive Obama's actions as an end run around them.

* IT'S NOT JUST AN END RUN AROUND REPUBLICANS! IT'S A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION! EACH AND EVERY LOYAL DEMOCRAT SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN SHOULD RISE UP AND DECLARE THAT IF THE PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO ISSUE THIS ORDER THAT THEY WILL ALLY WITH THEIR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT AND REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE!

* OF COURSE THEY WON'T... THEY WON'T BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION OR THE RULE OF LAW! THIS CROSSES A LINE, MY FRIENDS... IF ALLOWED TO STAND THERE'LL BE NO GOING BACK. THIS IS CAESAR CROSSING THE RUBICON.