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   From: noham@nospam.com   
      
   In article    
   islander wrote:   
   >   
   > On 1/22/2018 11:43 AM, rumpelstiltskin wrote:   
   > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:38:58 -0700, mg wrote:   
   > >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:01:08 -0800, Josh Rosenbluth   
   > >    
   > >   
   > >>> No one argues that the President is permitted to not enforce the law.   
   > >>> The argument is the President has prosecutorial discretion given limited   
   > >>> law enforcement resources. The counterargument in this case is that the   
   > >>> President has gone beyond prosecutorial discretion and done things not   
   > >>> authorized by the law.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >> So, can he refuse to enforce a law simply because he doesn't   
   > >> like it, or does he have to have a "legitimate" reason such   
   > >> as lack of resources, etc.? What was Obama's reason for not   
   > >> enforcing the law?   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > > "The View" (or whatever it's called these days) was on   
   > > the Telly earlier. Apparently during this shutdown, the   
   > > military is not being paid, on orders of sweetie-pie Mitch   
   > > McConnell trying to put pressure on the democrats in his   
   > > usual way. That's something that didn't happen during   
   > > the Obama shutdown.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > Not quite true. The men and women in the military are being paid, but   
   > the civilians in non-essential duties are not. For example, the   
   > commissary that a lot of the military depend upon for low cost groceries   
   > is closed. That was also true when Obama was President.   
      
   Obama made a theatrical deal out of it and actually attacked   
   Americans.   
      
   He spent money producing his little dog and pony show LONG   
   before it ever happened, proving that it was nothing but   
   Democrat bullshit.   
      
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