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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140131154753/http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/474 | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO ENFORCE LAWS | 2013-12-02 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Republican | House | VA | Robert Goodlatte | G000289 | web.archive.org | legacy | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO ENFORCE LAWS WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws.” Throughout President Obama’s tenure, we’ve witnessed a pattern: when the President disagrees with laws, he circumvents them. Now with Obamacare, President Obama is rewriting his own law, even though the law doesn’t provide him the authority to do so. The Constitution is clear: it is Congress’ duty to write our laws and once they are enacted it is the President’s responsibility to enforce them. Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution declares that the President “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” However, President Obama has failed on several occasions to enforce Acts of Congress that he disagrees with for policy reasons. The President has also stretched his regulatory authority to enact policies refused by Congress. Tomorrow’s hearing will specifically focus on Obamacare: the employer mandate delay, waiver for non-compliant health plans, and contraceptive mandate that violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It will also address the President’s decision to ignore enforcement of our immigration and federal drug laws. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte released the statement below on tomorrow’s hearing: “President Obama has blatantly disregarded the Constitution’s mandate to faithfully execute the laws. He has changed key provisions in Obamacare without congressional approval, failed to enforce our immigration and drug laws, and ignored his Constitutional duties for the sake of politics. It is apparent that the President’s vested interest is not in the protected liberties of the American people, but in the advancement of his own agenda and interests.” Witnesses for tomorrow’s hearing include: • Mr. Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute; • Mr. Nicholas Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; • Mr. Jonathan Turley, Professor, George Washington University Law School; and • Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center. All House Judiciary Committee hearings are webcast live at www.judiciary.house.gov. For more information on the hearing, click here. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |