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Ron Johnson: “There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the president…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Morning Journal

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

You know, I have my own lawsuit against President Obama because he's, you know, basically governing through unilateral executive fiat, executive orders. He's changing laws. You know, There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the president any power to change, amend or repeal laws. And that's really what he's doing. The President is supposed to faithfully, he shall take care to faithfully execute the laws. And he's simply not doing that. (00:36–00:42)

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Asserts that the Constitution does not allow the president to change, amend, or repeal laws.

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