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>your argument is that Obama should be more like Trump?

No. I even pointed out that if you were to consider that type of move to be unlawful there were still PLENTY of other legitimate actions he could have taken.

Again, the President is in charge of the entire federal executive branch. That means the FBI, DEA, DoJ, Homeland Security, ICE, and others. There are numerous changes and reforms he could have enacted at the federal level.

>Also as Obama pointed out in his medium posts, policy positions get converted into action through electoral wins.

Obama was elected President twice. What more of a mandate did he think he needed to feel confident enough to take action?



I don't see where you pointed out that type of move would be unlawful.

> Obama was elected President twice. What more of a mandate did he think he needed to feel confident enough to take action?

Obama lost control of Congress in 2010. And here's a good summary of the losses at the state level.

https://www.quorum.us/data-driven-insights/under-obama-democ...

anyway ... my point is pretty uncontroversial ... which is that there were limits on what Obama could do.




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