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NRSC compares Obama to Eric Cartman of ‘South Park’

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NRSC compares Obama to Eric Cartman of ‘South Park’

Charles Hoskinson · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Law professor Jonathan Turley said he's astonished by how passive AmericansÃÂ --ÃÂ especially DemocratsÃÂ --ÃÂ have been to President Obama's abuse of executive power, which he said has become so dangerous it's making the U.S. political system unstable.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Obama’s cult of personality has turned US into ‘a nation of enablers’

Charles Hoskinson · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

The Founders gave Congress more than enough constitutional weapons to check presidential excesses, most notably in the power of the purse and oversight subpoenas. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Americans want Obama to work with Congress, not use pen and phone

Washington Examiner · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Flashback: In 2008, Obama criticized George W. Bush for going around Congress with executive action

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Flashback: In 2008, Obama criticized George W. Bush for going around Congress with executive action

Charlie Spiering · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama signs an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers on Wednesday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Obama’s pen strikes again

Charles Hoskinson · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama, like all presidents, took an oath to Ã¢â¬Åfaithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ (AP File)

Republicans should at least use the courts to try to restrain Obama

Cal Thomas · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

In the same week Obama illegally delayed the employer mandate and out of thin air created a bizarre loyalty oath to administer to companies suffering from Obamacare, a federal court unanimously smacked down his IRS for executive overreach. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Obama, legislator-in-chief, suffers setback on illegal IRS rules

Timothy P. Carney · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, told the Heritage Foundation that "conservatives have to do more than pick a fight, we have to win a debate.Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Mike Lee: Latest Obamacare delay is ‘lawless’ — ‘he is not an emperor’

Joel Gehrke · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

[WATCH] Jimmy Fallon caps off emotional ‘Late Night’ episode with the help of the Muppets

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[WATCH] Jimmy Fallon caps off emotional ‘Late Night’ episode with the help of the Muppets

Katie LaPotin · February 8, 2014 7:17 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,ÃÂ wants access to the legal opinions that justify President Obama's plans to step up his use of executive orders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley demands legal arguments behind Obama’s ‘pen and phone’ strategy

Susan Ferrechio · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., took the stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to urge the Republican Party to become the "party of ideas," concerned less with "burn[ing] heretics" and more with winning converts. (AP Photo)

Paul Ryan: ‘We have an increasingly lawless presidency’

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Jan. 28 in Washington. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

For Obama, the era of big talk is over

Brian Hughes · January 31, 2014 5:00 am