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Ron Johnson: “President Obama does not have the legal authority to just…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Senator Johnson on In the Loop w/ Betty Liu

Published January 7, 2014 | Video Starts at 00:57

Why are you exactly what is your, what is your goal to accomplish, Senator? First of all, it's an issue of basic fairness and trying to uphold the rule of law. President Obama does not have the legal authority to just willy nilly change the law. If he doesn't like it, he should come to Congress and a new law. But the special treatment is all about millions of Americans. (00:57–01:02)

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Asserts that President Obama lacks legal authority to unilaterally change laws.

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