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Can the President veto or repeal a law?

Can the President veto or repeal a law?

  • Yes, he can!

    Votes: 6 46.2%
  • No, only Congress has these enumerated powers

    Votes: 7 53.8%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .

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I ask this question because Mitt Romney and other Republican presidential hopefuls have been going around on the campaign trail declaring that they will repeal "ObamaCare" the first day they're in office. But is a repeal or veto of a setting law a presidential enumerated power under the Constitution?

I think most people would agree, the answer is "NO". Still, I'd like to hear what the readers think.
 
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No, they cannot simply repeal it just because they are president. It's too late to veto something that has already been passed into law. They would have to get Congress to introduce legislation to repeal it or change it in some way.
 
And yet so many Republicans are listening to these GOP candidates make such a bogus promise just because they don't like the health care reform law. Yet, these are the same people (some anyway) who try to make President Obama out to be a president who has broken more campaign promises than he's kept OR than he has (or will) violate the Constitution when they all know he is a Constitutional scholar!

It's absurb what some of these GOP candidates are saying out there, but people are buying the BS!

WAKE UP, America!!!
 
I ask this question because Mitt Romney and other Republican presidential hopefuls have been going around on the campaign trail declaring that they will repeal "ObamaCare" the first day they're in office. But is a repeal or veto of a setting law a presidential enumerated power under the Constitution?

I think most people would agree, the answer is "NO". Still, I'd like to hear what the readers think.

I should have read your post before I voted. I voted, "Yes, he can." My yes answer is based on the fact that he can rescind (or issue) an Executive Order at will. Re Obamacare, no, he can't act on his own. He should be saying, "I will work to repeal...." Although one wonders, with the broad powers of Executive Orders, whether or not he could issue an Executive Order that could virtually hamstring Obamacare's implementation...
 
It would be funny to watch him try.

There are so many people benefiting from the law already, with the pre-existing conditions thing taken care of. And many who have no coverage will soon get it. How many people are there who will be mandated to buy coverage (or get it for free) who don't actually want it? Not many, probably.
 
The Obama administration has already indicated that as the executive branch, they are allowed to selectively enforce existing laws.

With that precedent set, the next administration can choose to not enforce the changes in the bill.

I voted yes because of that reasoning. However, if you want to be Oxford about it, no, the executive branch can't veto/repeal an already signed bill.
 
The Obama administration has already indicated that as the executive branch, they are allowed to selectively enforce existing laws.

Example please.
 
I say no.He can try to pressure that a bill repealing Obama-care be created so he can sign it. Can he he use a presidential executive order to temporally stop Obama-care? Regardless if he can or can't I do not see him actually doing anything to repeal Obama-care,after all Obama-care is based on Romney-care.
 
Because your poll is poorly worded, I decline to answer it.

1. The President cannot repeal or veto a law that is already on the books.

2. Congress cannot veto any law that is already on the books.

In respect to this issue:

The President can propose that Congress enact legislation that will remove Obamacare (or parts of it) from the books. The President can then pass or veto such legislation.

Congress can enact legislation, whether the President proposes it or not, that will remove Obamacare (or parts of it) from the books. The President can then pass or veto such legislation.

Objective Voice, try to be a bit more precise in the future, eh?
 
Example please.

ObamaCare waivers soar past 1,000 « Hot Air

ObamaCare continues to unravel, both in the courtroom and in its rollout. The Department of Health and Human Services added another 126 waivers on Friday for health plans that don’t meet the new federal requirements, bringing the total number of waivers to over 1,000:

More insidiously, no one at HHS has explained how these organizations get waivers. There appears to be no set standard for them. Rep. Fred Upton, the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, demanded such an explanation seven weeks ago. None has been forthcoming, but HHS has managed to add over 800 waivers in those seven weeks.

That’s one of the fundamental dangers of ObamaCare. It’s government by whim, not by law. The entire act is filled with the phrase, “The secretary shall determine” or equivalents, meaning that HHS can essentially make up and change rules as they go along. No one knows what to expect from this vast expansion of regulatory power precisely because it’s based on executive whimsy rather than sound and objective law. Apart from all other aspects of ObamaCare, this is the most destructive quality in regard to the rule of law — and Congress had better act to stop it from proceeding for that reason alone.
 
He can't do that.

Of course he can.

He swore an oath to uphold the constitution. He's required not to follow laws he sees as unconstitutional.
 
Yes. The Obama administration is looking the other way.

Well, not quite. It's just putting resources elsewhere. Anyone who is caught will still be prosecuted, it's just that the feds won't raid. The state still can.
 
Of course he can.

He swore an oath to uphold the constitution. He's required not to follow laws he sees as unconstitutional.

Only the courts determine constitutionality.

You really need to brush up on your civics.
 
Because Obama decided it is unconstitutional.

He still did it. That's quite a can of worms you seek to open there.


That sounds like prosecutorial discretion, which is normal.

Then there's no reason for a particular memo about it, particular coming as it did soon after the failure of the DREAM Act, and how it tacks to many of its provisions.
 
Of course he can.

He swore an oath to uphold the constitution. He's required not to follow laws he sees as unconstitutional.

He's required to faithfully execute the laws. If he thinks it's unconsitutional, he needs to file suit.

The time for a President to declare something unconstitutional is at the point of veto.
 
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