If the President can suspend enforcement of laws by executive fiat, that means the next President can, too.
And if that next President is Romney…
10. Eradicate all restrictions on oil drilling on federal lands – order the Department of the Interior to cease enforcement activity preventing oil and gas exploration and drilling on federal lands.
9. Restrict distribution of food stamps to only the bottom 3 percent of U.S. citizens ranked by income – order the Agriculture Department to reduce distribution of food stamps to only legal citizens whose tax returns indicate that they are in the bottom 3 percent of wage-earners in the country.
8. Strip all minimum fuel efficiency standards for automakers – order the Department of Transportation to cease enforcement of all CAFE standards.
…and that’s just for starters. See Doug Ross for the rest.
I’ve been pondering on this since Friday, but my list wasn’t nearly as good. However, should the justices fail to strike down Obamacare, I’ve been thinking about one thing a Super-Romney would do:
* Refuse to enforce any law created under the Commerce Clause.*
harvey, isn’t this headline missing something?
jw – DOH!
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Fixed.
Ah, the perils of always having to do your own proofreading…