Borrow? WTH, borrow?

"If House Republicans do not act on immigration in the way Barack Obama wants soon, then the president will simply "borrow" Congress' legislative powers and unilaterally rule on the issue, bypassing Congress once again, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday.

"I don't know how much more time he thinks he needs, but I hope that Speaker Boehner will speak up today," Durbin said. "And if he does not, the president will borrow the power that is needed to solve the problems of immigration."

Democrats have issued an ultimatum to Republicans in the House, telling them that if they do not do Obama's bidding on immigration by the end of July, the president will simply adopt the mantle of dictator and rule on his own.

"We're at the end of the line," Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., told reporters. "We're not bluffing by setting a legislative deadline for them to act."

On Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., repeated his call for unilateral action when he declared immigration dead in the House and demanded Obama issue an executive order to curb deportations.

“Having been given ample time and space to craft legislation, you failed, the president now has no other choice but to act within existing law to ensure that our deportation policies are humane, that due-process rights are protected, that detention conditions are as they should be, and most importantly — that the people we are deporting are detriments to our communities, not assets to our families, economy, and society,” he said.

But the Constitution does not allow for Obama to simply "borrow" congressional power as Durbin suggests or write laws when he believes Congress is not acting

"The President does not 'borrow power.' He grabs it. He overreaches. He acts lawlessly. But, no, he can't borrow power like a library book," Cruz aide Amanda Carpenter tweeted.

"The White House saying it is going to 'borrow' power from Congress should send shivers down every American's spine," another person tweeted."

http://www.examiner.com/article/dick-dur...-on-immigration

The Democrats are completely indifferent to the Constitution and the rule of law, and the Republicans are totally hapless.

And if Joffrey the Boy President does, what will the GOP in Congress do? Buy calcium tablets to grow spines? Get testosterone prescriptions to grow a pair? The world wonders [to quote, out of context, Admiral Nimitz].