By Jacob S. Hacker and Oona A. Hathaway Dec 8, 2013 Subtitle: The solution to a dysfunctional Congress is not for Obama to govern the country all by himself. In the face of congressional gridlock, President Obama has started taking more and more matters into his own hands. In recent months, he has announced new gun control measures, put in place limited immigration reform and made fixes to the Affordable Care Act all without Congress. Many liberals who once worried about presidential overreach have applauded his robust use of presidential power. Yet the president's increasing unilateralism shouldn't be cause for celebration. Bypassing Congress means bypassing democratic checks. It also means giving up on government's ability to effectively address serious long-term challenges. The solution to a dysfunctional Congress isn't an unchecked executive; it's a Congress that actually works. (Excerpt) Read more: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/comm...-power-20131208,0,7397576.story#axzz2mv8vZxvJ The LA Times not necessarily a right wing newspaper, is showing us that even they are questioning the moves of Harry Reid's Senate, and the Executive Order encyclicals proclaimed by Obama show that the framers certainly wouldn't have approved of the president responding to this "state of inaction" by simply going around Congress and exercising unilateral powers.
