{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://steveking.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/king-we-are-headed-for-a-constitutional-crisis-if-president-grants", "King: We are Headed for a Constitutional Crisis if President Grants Amnesty", "2014-11-13", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Steve King", "K000362", "steveking.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Steve King released the following statement in reaction to the leaked amnesty details this morning:\u00a0\n\u201cThis President has been floating the trial balloon on executive amnesty for a long time,\u201d said King. \u201cToday, new details surfaced that the President plans to attempt amnesty as early as next Friday, sending us into a Constitutional crisis. \u00a0\nThe President was right when he said on March 28, 2011, \u2018with respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that\u2019s just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed.\u2019 And when he said, on May 10, 2011, \u2018sometimes when I talk to immigration advocates, they wish I could just bypass Congress and change the law myself.\u00a0 But that\u2019s not how a democracy works.\u2019 Well, now we know that his belief about \u2018how democracy works\u2019 was a ploy. Now he wants to unilaterally rewrite immigration law granting illegal amnesty to millions. \nThe audacity of this President to think he can completely destroy the Rule of Law with the stroke of a pen is unfathomable to me. It is unconstitutional, it is cynical, and it violates the will of the American people. Our Republic will not stand if we tolerate a President who is set upon the complete destruction of the Rule of Law. \nI am calling on all of my colleagues in the House to use the power of the purse to protect our Article I authority. This is about defending our oath to the Constitution too. We cannot allow Barack Obama\u2019s anticipated, unconstitutional act to be implemented, for if it is it will destroy the pillars of American Exceptionalism.\u00a0 Come what may \u2013 we must always protect the Constitution.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://steveking.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/king-we-are-headed-for-a-constitutional-crisis-if-president-grants"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6111599504947662, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}