I don't want to get into the controversial nature of the D.O.M.A. law, but rather the President's response to it. He said that he believed it was an unconstitutional law and therefore he instructed his justice department to no longer defend it. Essentially, ending any court appeals and allowing lower court rulings to stand against it.
When did he become the Supreme Court?
Where does it say in the Constitution that he gets to decide which laws are unconstitutional? Where does it say that he gets to decide which laws he will enforce and which ones he won't enforce?
He's the executive branch of government, he should do his job, and leave the constitutional questions up to the judicial branch of government-- the Supreme Court.
He has set a very dangerous precedent here.
In February 2013, President Donald Trump could say that Obamacare is unconstitutional and order the justice department to stop defending it in court, making the law worthless.
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