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Presidential Powers and the Constitution
2013-12-03T10:21:05-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e24/20131203110011002_hd.jpgLegal scholars testified on the constitutionality of some of President Obama’s uses of executive branch powers. They focused on the administration’s one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, the Justice Department’s decision to not prosecute some drug cases, and the president’s decision allowing work permits for some immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children.Legal scholars testified on the constitutionality of some of President Obama’s uses of executive branch powers. They focused on the administration’s one-year… read more
Presidential Powers and the Constitution Legal scholars testified on the constitutionality of some of President Obama’s uses of executive branch powers. They focused on the administration’s one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, the Justice Department’s decision to not prosecute some drug cases, and the president’s decision allowing work permits for some immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children. close
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- Michael F. Cannon Director Cato Institute->Health Policy Studies
- Simon Lazarus III Senior Counsel Constitutional Accountability Center
- Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz Professor Georgetown University Law Center
- Jonathan Turley Professor George Washington University Law School->Public Interest Law
- Steven Chabot U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
- Steve Cohen U.S. Representative [D] Tennessee
- Doug Collins U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
- John Conyers Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
- Ron DeSantis U.S. Representative [R] Florida
- Blake Randolph Farenthold U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Trent Franks U.S. Representative [R] Arizona
- Louie Gohmert Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Bob Goodlatte U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
- Trey Gowdy U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
- Luis Gutiérrez U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
- George Holding U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
- Darrell Issa U.S. Representative [R] California
- Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. Representative [D] Texas
- Hakeem Jeffries U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
- Steve King U.S. Representative [R] Iowa
- Raul R. Labrador U.S. Representative [R] Idaho
- Tom Marino U.S. Representative [R] Pennsylvania
- Jerrold Nadler U.S. Representative [D] New York
- Ted Poe U.S. Representative [R] Texas
- Bobby Scott U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
- Lamar S. Smith U.S. Representative [R] Texas
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