Obama's Overreaches | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary

Obama's Overreaches | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "an even bigger concern is the president's assertion that he has the power to waive those requirements in the first place, especially since the law clearly appears to prohibit such waivers."

"On issue after issue, the president insists that "we can't wait." He won't wait for a Congress that may not agree with his ideas for remaking America; he will simply act all by himself."

"On issue after issue, from immigration to housing to presidential appointments, the president has claimed the power to make law unilaterally without congressional action or approval. This is not a question of policy — I actually agree with the president on some of these issues — but of the usurpation of legislative authority. President Obama is dangerously weakening the separation of powers that is at the core of our system of government.

We are, after all, a government of laws and not of men. That should be true even when the president can't wait."