ICYMI: President Obama’s Executive Action On Guns Brought Him A Censure Resolution

By Matt Vespa

President Obama’s executive actions on gun control have resulted in a resolution censuring him for abuse of power. Earlier this month, Mississippi Congressman Steve Palazzo introduced the resolution to censure the president for his past “unconstitutional executive actions,” and his “blatant executive overreach” on gun control (via the Hill):

“For seven years, the President has gradually expanded his powers through executive overreach,” Palazzo said in a statement. “His actions this week to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens is just the latest, if not most egregious, violation of the separation of powers found in the United States Constitution.”

“Congress must go on record to stand up as an equal branch of government — both against this President and any future president who attempts to use his authority to write the law instead of enforce the law.”

It’s dubious to see whether this censure resolution goes anywhere, but there is precedent for presidential censure. In 1833, President Andrew Jackson was the first president to be censured after vetoing a motion to re-charter the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms