The most partisan **** alive:
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2014
In a
resounding rebuke of President Obama, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision yesterday declaring the president’s 2012 non-recess recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional.
In response to the high court’s ruling, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) said:
The president’s unprecedented action was one of many intended to further his own partisan agenda by circumventing the Constitution and side-stepping Congress. Thankfully the Supreme Court has helped rein in his abuse of power and restored some checks and balances to our system of government.
https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/docu ... tID=386187
AI Overview
President Joe Biden did not formally defy or ignore active court orders, but his administration pursued alternative, narrower executive actions after federal courts blocked broader initial policies. [
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Student Loan Forgiveness
- The Ruling: In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the administration's broad $400 billion student loan cancellation plan, ruling that the executive branch overstepped its authority. [1, 2]
- The Administration's Response: Rather than ignoring the injunction, the administration pursued separate, targeted relief using existing statutory authorities (such as income-driven repayment adjustments and the SAVE plan), which legal analysts noted were distinct in scope from the blocked nationwide program. Critics, however, accused the administration of circumventing the spirit of the court's decision. Fact-checkers like Newsweek noted that these subsequent narrower actions did not violate the literal terms of the Supreme Court's ruling.
Other Accusations of Overreach
- Eviction Moratorium: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration extended a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium despite internal warnings from legal counsel that it likely lacked statutory backing. The Supreme Court eventually vacated the moratorium, leading critics to argue the administration knowingly enacted unconstitutional measures