The Word is Enforcement

Representative Bart Stupak (Michigan), who had been a "no" vote on the Senate health care reform bill, changed his vote to "yes" when President Obama agreed to issue an executive order banning federal funding of abortion. Historically, executive orders have been legally binding and, though they do not require the approval of Congress, have carried the same weight as a law passed by Congress. If the President issues an executive order that Congress doesn't like, Congress, which has the constitutional power to make laws, may rewrite the law, charging the President to act in a certain way. Some claim that executive orders enable the President to usurp power that is not constitutionally granted. In 1952, President Truman issued an executive order seizing control of the steel industry in an effort to avoid a strike. The owners of the steel companies involved immediately challenged the order in court. The case went to the Supreme Court, and the Truman order was ruled unconstitutional. According to findingdulcinea.com, Justice Hugo Black, who wrote the majority decision, penned, “In the framework of our Constitution, the President's power to see that the laws are faithfully executed refutes the idea that he is to be a lawmaker. The Constitution limits his functions in the lawmaking process to the recommending of laws he thinks wise and the vetoing of laws he thinks bad.” Provided President Obama's executive order that was issued as a grudging concession to pro-life Democrats in the House is not overturned in court, the order should carry the weight of law. Does that mean that pro-abortion President Obama, who is charged by the Constitution to see that laws are faithfully executed, will enforce this order? Does that mean that pro-abortion Attorney General Eric Holder, who, according to www.justice.gov, is "the chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government" will enforce this order? Does this mean that pro-abortion Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will ensure that her department carries out this order? No, no, and no! President Obama's order is only as good as the power of enforcement behind it.

May God show undeserved mercy to our nation.