WORST. PRESIDENT. IN. SINCE. ROOSEVELT. (sentimental) From today. By Eric Cantor

WORST. PRESIDENT. IN. SINCE. ROOSEVELT.

(sentimental)

From today. By Eric Cantor, House majority leader

“President Obama has often chosen to unilaterally circumvent the law under the guise of executive authority. Most recently, that was demonstrated in July with his delay of Obamacare mandates for corporations , but it has been a hallmark of this presidency.

“Courts have held that President Obama violated the Constitution with certain “recess” appointments , ignoring the required consent of Congress. He has abused executive-branch “rule making” rather than working with Congress to pass laws. He has ignored the letter of the law when it comes to religious liberty and work requirements for welfare .

“President Obama has used executive orders to unilaterally change U.S. immigration laws. His administration has used waivers to change laws such as No Child Left Behind to compel states to adopt new policies.

“In some of these instances, the president attempted to garner statutory authority, failed to do so and then acted in defiance of that. In other instances, he never bothered to find consensus and ignored Congress from the outset, usually contending that he simply had no choice. This is no way to govern, and it cripples the system of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers envisioned.”

Carter was pretty bad. Bush was pretty bad. But neither of them did anywhere near this damage to the division of powers.