Comments on: Conservatives Don’t Understand the Constitution When Obama’s in Charge

By: Virginia Nancarvis

Virginia Nancarvis — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:19:31 +0000

The President has to follow the law passed by Congress. He has done that. However, since it is left to the discretion of the prosecutors (in the legal proceedings when deporting an illegal immigrant) they will decide. Prosecutorial law: Prosecutorial discretion refers to the fact that under American law, government prosecuting attorneys have nearly absolute powers. A prosecuting attorney has power on various matters including those relating to choosing whether or not to bring criminal charges, deciding the nature of charges, plea bargaining and sentence recommendation. This discretion of the prosecuting attorney is called prosecutorial discretion. This is one brilliant President. My hat is off to you..

“Under the prosecutor’s discretion illegal immigrants may receive temporary legal status and then two-year, renewable work permits. It does not provide them a path to citizenship”. In his speech, Obama stressed that the move is “not amnesty,” and he thinks Congress should still pass a broader legalization bill.
I don’t believe a President can ignore a law created in Congress,,but does have leeway on how to carry it out. He also has to abide by the amount of appropriated funds and work within that amount. It is not the President that is using the prosecutor discretion, but giving them (the prosecutors)guidelines to be used during the legal proceedings during the deportation process. Most likely keeping costs low in the process as well.

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By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:39:30 +0000

DREAM Act could have very easily been law of the land by now if the GOP hadn’t played procedural games in the Senate. It passed the House in December 2010 in the last weeks of Democratic control. It received 55 votes in the Senate at about the same time, but alas under current modus operandi 55 out of 100 doesn’t seem to constitute a majority:(

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By: Rmuse

Rmuse — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:33:59 +0000

I contend conservatives do not understand the Constitution regardless who is President, or they would not have required a reading at the beginning of the 112th Congress, or needed that crook Antonin Scalia to give a Constitution lesson at the behest of that other half-wit, Michele Bachmann. Just sayin’

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By: majii

majii — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:37:35 +0000

They don’t seem to worry about being duped, Albie. All they want is to get rid of President Obama. They’re willing to destroy the country to regain the reins of power in Congress and to put Romney in the White House. They’re definitely not patriots because they are unwilling to put the needs of the country ahead of their desire for power, fame, and wealth.

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By: Albie Pabon

Albie Pabon — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:32:07 +0000

This article is well reasoned and written. This is not a Conservative rag. If it were, you would be writing exactly as Krauthammer who certainly does not appeal to the intellectual who has read and understands the Constitution. He is appealing to the low- to no-information voter who operates on their belief system. This market wants to hear and read only those remarks that validate their existing beliefs or those concepts that fall therein.

Too bad that market is not reading your interesting, informational article and wholly pathetic they don’t know the Constitution well enough to know when they are being duped.

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