President Obama's Usurped The Constitutional Power Of Congress

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I agree that the president has usurped the constitutional power of congress to many times. I feel that the president has basically gone around the congress to pass a law that he felt was necessary. President Obama has also broken the constitution by declaring war. In the constitution it clearly states that the congress has the power to declare war, but President Obama wagged war in Libya without congressional consent. President Obama has also usurped the constitution by signing immigration laws that congress did not debate about it. He has made over 200 of these types of laws, but this to be considering nothing new. President Obama has gone around congress, to make laws and should have to make laws that have to go through congress.

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