A federal researcher points out George III couldnt suspend laws as many say Obama just did. Remember those WWJD bracelets that were so popular in the 90s? Well, an expert at the Law Library of Congress a non-partisan branch of the Library of Congress that has advised Congress and the Supreme Court since 1832 tackled a slightly different question: What would George III do when faced with a law he didnt like?
Not even the King of England at the time of the American Revolution had the authority to suspend laws unilaterally, the Law Library expert wrote in a memorandum to the Senate committee tasked with responding to President Obamas recent executive orders on the enforcement of immigration law.
One hundred years before the American Revolution, another British king had attempted to suspend a number of laws, contributing to the onset of the Glorious Revolution in England, a senior foreign-law specialist at the Law Library writes in the memo to the Senate Judiciary Committee. King George III, the specialist goes on to remind the committee, was thus unable to enact or repeal any laws unilaterally without the involvement of Parliament.
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At the top of the list: Deciding on a response to Obamas decision to suspend deportations of millions of illegal immigrants, who will instead receive some of the benefits of legal status. The GOP regards Obamas executive orders as a way of rewriting the law without congressional input. House Republicans decided to use a Department of Homeland Securityfunding bill to block implementation of the orders issued in November, as well as other related immigration-policy decisions. That bill may struggle in the Senate, where some Republicans up for reelection in Democratic-leaning states worry about a political backlash.