(CNSNews.com) – At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Tuesday asked if President Barack Obama has the “prosecutorial discretion” not to enforce immigration and marijuana laws, what’s to stop him from deciding not to enforce election laws. “If the president can fail to enforce immigration laws, can the president likewise fail to enforce election laws?” Gowdy asked Simon Lazarus, senior counsel to the Constitutional Accountability Center, one of several legal experts who testified at the hearing titled, “The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws.”
“If you can dispense with immigration laws or marijuana laws or mandatory minimums, can you also dispense with election laws?” Gowdy asked Lazarus, who replied, “No.” “Why not? If he can suspend mandatory minimum and immigration laws, why not election laws?” Gowdy asked. “Because we live in a government of laws, and the president is bound to obey them and apply them,” Lazarus answered. “Well he’s not applying the ACA, and he’s not applying immigration laws, and he’s not applying marijuana laws, and he’s not applying mandatory minimums. What’s the difference with election laws?” Gowdy asked. “We have a disagreement as to whether in fact he is applying those laws. My view is that he is applying those laws,” Lazarus said. “Professor Turley, what are the limits of prosecutorial discretion, and if the president can suspend immigration laws, marijuana laws, why not election laws?” Gowdy asked Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School.
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We watched this live the other day.
Simon Lazarus, senior counsel to the Constitutional Accountability Center, squirmed out an answer that twisted reality.
No.
Obama is NOT applying those laws.
In point of fact he illegally gathered information on most Americans to hold onto until they become a danger to him.
Then, as the IRS memo admits, his agencies must do a parallel investigation so as to LEGALLY come up with the information so Obama is safe.
How many top military leaders has Obama pushed out based on illegally gotten information might never be known.
How many people may never run for office against one of his vital dem senators or representatives, too.
So, my point is that, with Obama’s illegal info gathering system, he can allow ”elections.”
It’s just that they will not be elections including anyone he prevents from running via blackmail or slime in the press.