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In 1780, to protect against tyranny, John Adams enshrined in the Massachusetts Constitution the principle of separation of powers, so that, as he wrote, “it may be a government of laws and not of men.”

This foundation, of course, also underlies the United States Constitution. President Obama understands this. At a fundraiser in 2007 then-Senator Obama said, “I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.”

President Obama’s knowledge of the Constitution makes his blatant disregard for it -- from his recent ‘recess’ appointments to the individual mandate at the center of ObamaCare to employing the regulatory apparatus to bypass the legislative process -- all the more troubling.

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