ACLJ: Obama is not a king – “He seems to have forgotten that the United States is a constitutional republic … not a monarchy.â€
Jay Sekulow
ACLJ Chief Counsel
“Yesterday, President Obama unilaterally declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional, instructing the Department of Justice not to defend the statute in court.
One of the problems with this: The President doesn’t get to decide what laws are constitutional in our system of government.
The idea that the President of the United States can order the Department of Justice not to defend a law, duly passed by Congress and signed into law by a former President, then-President Clinton, should send shockwaves through anyone who is concerned with civil rights and civil liberties.
The President isn’t a king. He doesn’t get to make decrees. He is the chief executive with the responsibility to enforce existing laws – even laws he may not like.
President Obama – a former constitutional law professor – needs a refresher course in constitutional law.
He seems to have forgotten that the United States is a constitutional republic … not a monarchy.â€
If you disagree with the law, change it – but the President doesn’t get to just dismiss it.
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