Constitution. but this week, house speaker john boehner announced he will now move to sue the president for executive overreach. and the supreme court ruled 9-0 mr. obama has gone too far in making some of his recess appointmen appointments. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more on what all this means for the balance of power here in washington. what we ve seen clearly over the last five years is an effort to erode the power of the legislative branch. speaker john boehner announced wednesday the house will sue president obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. i believe the president is not faithfully executing the laws of our country, and on behalf of the institution and our constitution, standing up and fighting for this is in the best long-term interest of the congress. mr. obama has recently issued executive orders to raise the
Execution of the laws passed by congress, a president must first and foremost look for is there a statutory basis to do so. i remember plenty of times as we discussed executive orders. the counsel s office and other legal authorities in the administration were weighing in on what was the statutory authority for the president to take his action. one instance was reviewed, did the president have authority to take a class of individuals and exempt them from the enforcement of immigration laws? the lawyers came back and said, you have an ability to exempt individuals but no ability to exempt a class. yet, this president has exempted a class of people from enforcement of immigration laws. i actually read the affordable care act. i can find little or no authority at all for those 39 exemptions he s got. there s no statutory authority in the law that says the president can delay the individual mandate. what about the fact you hear
That s in violation of the owner s religious beliefs. let me begin with you, congressman goodlatte. what do you think is at stake here in terms of executive powers? how do you expect the court to rule? well, in that case, i think the statute itself as interpreted by the president violates the first amendment of the constitution. i m hoping the court will uphold the rights of individuals for their expression of their religious freedoms. now, the end does not justify the means in these cases. a 9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the supreme court has voted 9-0 that the president has exceeded his constitutional authority. let me interrupt you and go to the congressman briefly. if i own a company and have strong religious beliefs, the government can tell me i have to have violate those beliefs in terms of providing birth control coverage to my employees? the government will not
Execution of the laws passed by congress, a president must first and foremost look for is there a statutory basis to do so. i remember plenty of times as we discussed executive orders. the counsel s office and other legal authorities in the administration were weighing in on what was the statutory authority for the president to take his action. one instance was reviewed, did the president have authority to take a class of individuals and exempt them from the enforcement of immigration laws? the lawyers came back and said, you have an ability to exempt individuals but no ability to exempt a class. yet, this president has exempted a class of people from enforcement of immigration laws. i actually read the affordable care act. i can find little or no authority at all for those 39 exemptions he s got. there s no statutory authority in the law that says the president can delay the individual mandate. what about the fact you hear
Powers granted him by the constitution. but this week, house speaker john boehner announced he will now move to sue the president for executive overreach. and the supreme court ruled 9-0 mr. obama has gone too far in making some of his recess appointmen appointments. fox news chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more on what all this means for the balance of power here in washington. what we ve seen clearly over the last five years is an effort to erode the power of the legislative branch. speaker john boehner announced wednesday the house will sue president obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. i believe the president is not faithfully executing the laws of our country, and on behalf of the institution and our constitution, standing up and fighting for this is in the best long-term interest of the congress. mr. obama has recently issued executive orders to raise the