I support immigration reform, but Boehner's right to sue Obama

Obama’s promise of executive action is bad news — even for supporters of immigration reform (and that includes me). Because even though I support immigration reform, I support the separation of powers even more. And this president has gone too far in flexing his executive ordering muscles…

Backers of Obama’s executive orders rarely argue the Constitution, but instead, the crux of their arguments usually boil down to the morality of his actions. But that’s not really relevant. I’m for immigration reform and a supporter of the DREAM Act, but the notion that a president would simply decide which laws to enforce or ignore is a far more fundamental concern. Our founders intentionally created a balance of powers, and pit ambition against ambition. Just because you agree with the president today doesn’t mean you’ll agree with the next president’s executive orders. Many executive orders, constitutional, or not, are good policy. But this power can be abused. Let’s not forget that FDR’s executive order 9066 paved the way for Japanese internment camps.