Gowdy explodes on Obama

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)

TheBlaze, the AP and other national media are reporting Rep. Trey Gowdy's stirring passionate, but simple question:  "How Does Going From Being a Senator to a President Rewrite the Constitution?"

Ignoring President Barack Obama’s veto threat, the House voted on Wednesday for a bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the chief executive for failure to enforce federal laws including, but not limited to multiple changes to his 4-year-old health care law, steps he’s taken to allow young immigrants to remain in the United States and the administration’s resistance to defend the federal law banning gay marriage. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sponsor of the ENFORCE the Law Act, delivered a fiery speech and read a series of statements by Obama when he was an Illinois senator in which he warned of the encroachment of the executive on the powers of the other branches of government.

“How does going from being a senator to a president rewrite the Constitution?” Gowdy asked. “What’s different from when he was a senator? Mr. Speaker, I don’t think there’s an amendment to the Constitution that I’ve missed. I try to keep up with those with regularity.”

“We all swore an allegiance to the same document that the president swears allegiance to, to faithfully execute the law,” Gowdy continued. “If a president does not faithfully execute the law… what are our remedies?”

Tulsa Today editors would add the question: "So if the government doesn't follow the law does that mean we can all ignore it?  If not why not?"

Watch the video below. The latest from Gowdy on the issue follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qw0AsBanu-o&list=UUVvxvugtuNZSygB4z4aVfsg#t=0