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RUSH: I promised we have three Boehner sound bites<\/a>, and this is gonna close the loop on this. We spent the first hour talking about this and where it\u2019s all headed in terms of the House actually following through on their effort to defund Obama\u2019s executive orders on amnesty. And I think they will. I think the House is gonna pass a bill. I don\u2019t know what the Senate\u2019s gonna do, but I know Obama\u2019s gonna veto it, and I know that that will then be the moment of truth. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s when we\u2019re gonna find out what the House Republican leadership is all about, after Obama vetoes it. In other words, is all of this just for show for us? It won\u2019t be long before we find out. By “us” I mean conservatives who keep electing Republicans, keep demanding that they finally get in gear and stop this stuff. Are they just playing games with us or do they really now understand what we want and are prepared to act on it? There\u2019s a lot of doubt about that, but to close the loop on this, here\u2019s Boehner, we have three sound bites, a debate today on immigration reform, and Boehner gave a stem-winder. Here\u2019s the first of three bites.<\/p>\n

<\/a>BOEHNER: What we\u2019re dealing with is a president who has ignored the people, has ignored the Constitution, and even his own past statements. In fact, on at least 22 occasions he said he did not have the authority to do what he has done. Before he became president on March 31st, 2008, the president said, and I quote, “I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we\u2019re facing right now have to do with a president trying to not go through Congress at all. And that\u2019s what I intend to reverse when I\u2019m president.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right. He\u2019s talking about Bush. And Boehner\u2019s right about that. But, folks, as I said before the break at the top of the hour, gonna sit around and imagine, okay, what would the Republicans be mad at? You know, I would get rid of this anger at my own base. There\u2019s no future in lashing out at your own. But what I\u2019d be mad at, separation of powers is one of the primary safeguards built into the Constitution to protect it. I\u2019m gonna have to develop this further. This call I mentioned that I had a couple of months ago who asked me, “Rush, what\u2019s kept the Constitution alive so far? Just the honor system?” <\/p>\n

And what the caller meant was, has it just been the willingness of people in power to observe it, to not defy it? Not entirely. There\u2019s been all kinds of liberal Democrats who would have loved to broom the whole thing. But in terms of presidents, Obama is a first in terms of the degree and consistency and extent of his flaunting the Constitution. The separation of powers is the number one safeguard. The arguments within all three branches, the quest — the Founders knew human nature. They knew that Congress would want to get as much power away from the president as they could, vice-versa, that the president would want to get as much power away from Congress.<\/p>\n

The Founders thought that each branch would religiously and jealously guard its own power. They would not sit by and let a president tinkle on the Constitution. They would not sit by. The Founders had a very profound confidence that members of the Congress would not just sit around and let a president take away their power. And the fight over that power would be one of the things preserving the Constitution, because it would be a fundamental aspect of it being fought over, i.e., separation of powers. <\/p>\n

By the same token, the Founders believed that presidents wouldn\u2019t sit by and let Congress thwart their power, that they would be in fighting for their power, defending their power, and seeking more. And this ongoing battle, which was rooted in each branch protecting its own power, is what would preserve the Constitution, separation of the powers is the heart of it. <\/p>\n

Well, what\u2019s happened here in the last six years is Congress has basically vanished. They have let Obama do all this. And after Obama has engaged in all of these extraconstitutional duties, all these executive orders — you know what the biggest threat to Constitution going right now is? It\u2019s not Obama. Not in a direct way. The biggest threat to the Constitution is this bureaucracy in Washington, all of these regulatory agencies that have just sprung up, having been created by Obama, or various presidents, sometimes acts of Congress, and they are free to write up regulations and laws on people without going through Congress. <\/p>\n