On March 5, 2014 President Obama again amended the Affordable Care Act, enacted into law four years earlier. George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley (who supports national health care) said, “What the president is doing is effectively amending or negating the federal law to fit his preferred approach.” Professor Turley added, “Democrats will rue the day if they remain silent in the face of this shift of power to the executive branch.” What Democrats will rue is losing the Senate majority if voters are hit with another ObamaCare scare days before the mid-term elections. To avoid that cause for lamentation and tearing of clothes, President Obama amended the law, ex post facto. Professor Turley’s admonition to current-day Democrats reminded me of what Democrats used to say about protecting the lawmaking powers of Congress. Eighteen years ago, Democrats were loudly singing a different tune: Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD): “I...(Read Full Post)