Response to immigration plan

How much power does the president have? This seems to be the question of the day lately as "We the People" wait to see what will happen with Obamas immigration plan. Another good question to ask is when relating to human nature, how much is enough? The reason I ask this is because Obama is taking more than his share of the power pie and running with it and trying to get away before mom and dad (legislative and judicial) find out. In a nutshell president Obama is handing out visas, papers and social security numbers to otherwise illegal immigrants merely so that the family's of said people won't get upset. Another point of interest is when looking at the the executive branch, it does not have the power to create laws only to enforce them. Texas representative Lamar Smith stated "This executive order would be a violation of the president’s oath of office and a blatant abuse of power,” (New york times) Smith also stated "The president has sworn an oath of office to uphold the laws, but now he is planning to rewrite them on his own.” (New york times) This is clearly an overstepping of executive's power that needs to be dealt with before this goes too far. Obama knows that with these new Republicans in congress that he's not going to have near as much leeway as he did previously so he's trying to get away with what he can and get out of office before he can face the consequences. In the past Obama tried to win the votes of the Republicans by going on a deporting spree with which advocacy groups labled him "deported and chief". But now seeing that he didn't gain any majority of republican votes by doing this, he wants to cut his losses and move on. But what Obama is really trying to do is two things first he wants to make a name for himself, he wants to be remembered as the one who made family's happy and brought people back together. Second of all by making people happy and gaining their "love" you have secured future votes for your respective political party. So in short what Obama is doing is very illegal but on his part smart. And that's really sad if you, the president of the United States has to do something illegal in order to be praised or honored, which is not what being president is about, it's about serving your people, not yourself.

response to 6th circuit judge, sutton

The events that have been occurring in the United States recently concerning marriage, can be described as an equality revolution for some and a moral catastrophe for others. I can't say much for the forementioned group but as for the latter group, those that speak up about this issue will not sit quietly, they will speak their mind and sixth circuit Court judge Sutton is no exception. Until last weak there was no indication that the decision made by United States vs. Windsor to legalize same sex marriage would be challenged. Enter the sixth circuit Court and judge Jeffrey S. Sutton. When confronted with the choice to either keep marriage between a man and a woman or to legalize same sex marriage, the sixth circuit Court, in a 2-1 decision, elected to keep marriage between a man and a woman. As expected this bit of news blew all of America away and forced the question as to why they decided this way. Judge Sutton argues that marriage was in place long before any  government controlling power, therefore whs the power to change that? This is a shockingly good statement and one that has never been brought up before, if marriage was an institution that created governments, not the other way around, why are we trying to do away with it? Judge Sutton also argues that since marriage between a man and a woman can produce offspring and a marriage between two of the same sex can not, what are you contributing? If you can't contribute to the future of America by producing offspring then what's the point if eventually all the advocates for same sex marriage die off? Now looking at the big picture, will this happen? Will they die off? Probably not, but it is something to think about. In the end judge Sutton offers this, it is not the decision of the courts or judges to change the future of America, it is up to the people of America to settle this democratically. Judge Sutton knows that this issue will go to the Supreme Court, he is also aware that the supreme Court will most likely rule in favor of same sex marriage. All judge Sutton has to say for that is this: "In his opinion, he made clear that this would be a mistake and a violation of the Court’s own logic." (Albert mohler) As for the rest of us that believe this is a moral catastrophe, let us pause for a moment and thank judge Sutton for willingly standing up for the history of America and the future of America, he could have easily just watched and let the events unfold and not say a word. Thankfully he didn't and for that he deserves our thanks. Although Sutton is not a Christian, he deserves our respect for indirectly standing up for our beliefs and doing what we all should do.