Obama’s phony accomplishments leave us worse off

President Obama this week showed why his legacy both on domestic and foreign policy will be scant.
On the domestic front, the president, unable to work constructively with Congress, has chosen to move unilaterally by means of executive power grabs. His action on delayed deportation has already been halted by the courts. This week his regulatory move on climate change was dealt a blow.
The Post reported:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a key part of President Obama’s ambitious proposal to limit carbon emissions and reduce global warming while the plan is challenged.

The court granted a stay request from more than two dozen states, plus utilities and coal companies, that said the Environmental Protection Agency was overstepping its powers. The court’s decision does not address the merits of the challenge but indicates justices think the states have raised serious questions.

The libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation pointed out that “a stay granted at that level requires five justices to agree that the challengers are likely to prevail in their statutory and constitutional suit to have the rule overturned. That is one more justice than is necessary to agree to hear the case if it is presented again and a strong indication of how those same justices would rule on it.” Beyond the legal issues, PLF pointed out that the rule “would cause double-digit increases in electrical rates for most Americans, send countless jobs overseas, and would likely to be counterproductive in reducing actual greenhouse gases worldwide.”

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