Obama Executive Power

The framers of U.S. Constitution expressed the use of the ‘executive power’ allotted to the President of the United States under article II, Section I. The framers deliberately implied that the ‘executive power’ should be used solely for the purpose of upholding the Presidential duties of the President. The duties vested to the president is to ensure that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed and are abided by. On November 20, 2014, President Obama publicized a series of executive actions pertaining to illegal immigration involving the Mexican border. The primary outline of their executive orders contains the following: expanding the DACA, allowing alien parents and lawful permanent residents of the U.S. to request deferral action and employment authorization for three years, to expand usage of provisional waivers of illegal presence, and finally modernizing and improving immigration visa programs (USCIS). …show more content…
That link is the Executive orders expressed in detail uploaded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services of the United States. There is not point one in the document that expressed that President Obama used his ‘executive power’ to up hold the law. President Obama used his ‘executive power’ as the executor of the United States for his own personal political beliefs and desires. Sadly, this is not the first time a President used his power for personal desires. In 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson used his executive power to force public corporations and businesses that accept federal grants and or funding to employee a certain amount minorities dictated by the U.S. Government. Again, Johnson used his executive power to for change for this personal beliefs. Is President Obama in the wrong and/or did he partake in the misuse of the executive power of the