Ted Cruz: The Imperial Presidency of Barack Obama

The Wall Street Journal has an op-ed from Ted Cruz:

For all those who are silent now: What would they think of a Republican president who announced that he was going to ignore the law, or unilaterally change the law? Imagine a future president setting aside environmental laws, or tax laws, or labor laws, or tort laws with which he or she disagreed.

That would be wrong—and it is the Obama precedent that is opening the door for future lawlessness. As Montesquieu knew, an imperial presidency threatens the liberty of every citizen. Because when a president can pick and choose which laws to follow and which to ignore, he is no longer a president.

To all you statists out there: what if a future President thinks all the New Deal statutes are inconsistent with the contracts clause of the U.S. Constitution?