People are now looking behind the curtain to see Pres. Obama’s misuse of the “Executive Order”

The Wall Street Journal 3/30/12 Laura Meckler

“Obama Shifts View of Executive Power”

After being buffeted by Republican victories in the 2010 midterm elections, White House aides saw education as ripe for bipartisan cooperation. Both parties wanted to address complaints about the No Child Left Behind law. Congress seemed prepared to act.

But while the White House talked up cooperation in public, in private it was preparing Plan B. In December that year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned top Democrats that if Congress didn't act, the administration would use executive authority to essentially rewrite the law on its own.

Nine months later, the administration did just that. It soon began granting states waivers so they could avoid tough penalties for not meeting goals required by No Child Left Behind, substituting administration requirements for those written by Congress in 2002. The move prompted protest from lawmakers protecting their turf, conservatives worried about federal overreach and liberals concerned it would let states off the hook for helping disadvantaged kids.

The pledge was part of a broader pitch about Mr. Obama's governing style, which he said would focus on solving problems in a pragmatic, cooperative way.

"He's using executive orders as a political tool—'I can't work with this Congress so I'm going to do it myself,'" said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who has worked with the White House on selective issues. "That's not the way he campaigned." He generally supports Mr. Obama's executive actions in national security but not on domestic affairs.

What's unusual about Mr. Obama is that he also has used executive power to press his domestic agenda.
Mr. Obama also has used executive power to undercut laws that he opposes. For instance, the president has long advocated repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition for same-sex marriage. In early 2011, he declared his administration would no longer defend the statute in court, departing from the executive's traditional role of defending laws passed by Congress.

Common Sense Review

Finally the word is getting out how Pres. Obama is pressing forward his personal agenda by his authority to use Executive Order. This tool given to the leader of the United States to help get beyond the politics of Congress address issues of the people was not designed to usurp the process of the debate and authority of Congress to dictate personal beliefs of the President at hand.

Yet from the word go, Obama’s dictatorial attitude has shown through by pursuant pressure to pass and blanket the people of the US with his beliefs of “fairness” and “equality”.

Note to Pres. Obama… the United States is a land of opportunity to succeed in life, love and career by the sweat on ones brow and passion in one’s heart not by the legislation penned by men with agendas…