President Obama has indeed become “The Imperial President.”  He bypasses congress by not enforcing laws sworn to enforce: immigration laws, marijuana laws, the Defense of Marriage Act.

           He has usurped congressional powers allowing arms of the executive branch to enforce laws that congress refused to pass. The EPA enforces Cap and Trade.  The NLR implements the Orwellianly titled “Free” Choice Act.  The FCC regulates the internet. Department of Education provides to school districts who accept a national curriculum.

          He violated advice and consent rules by giving recess appointments when congress was not in recess.

          He invokes executive privilege to prevent congress from seeing thousands of papers related to Fast and Furious relying on “precedent.”  Executive privilege protects the president’s ability to openly discuss issues with his staff.  Neither the president nor Holder knew anything about Fast and Furious, so what’s to protect?

         Even if we agree that his decisions immigration or EPA or drug laws, we must insist he work with congress, and he has refused to, imperiously shutting himself off.  If we allow one branch of the government to usurp the powers of the others, that is tyranny.