Reagan and Bush 41 provide no precedent for Obama’s amnesty by executive order

 "Tonight, President Obama will override Congress and effectively declare amnesty for at least several million illegal immigrants. As Scott has noted, Obama himself has repeatedly admitted he lacks the constitutional power to make this move.

The most common argument in favor of Obama’s power to declare amnesty by executive order is that Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush did it. Juan Williams, among others, has made this claim.  

[Read the descriptions in this article to UNDERSTAND WHAT REAGAN AND BUSH REALLY DID]

Obama, by contrast, will not be fulfilling a congresional mandate to interpret a new statute. He will be overriding the immigration law in the name of “prosecutorial discretion” on the ground that Congress hasn’t enacted a new statute. 

It will be an unprecedented, unlawful, and dangerous assertion of executive power. It might well create a constitutional crisis."

[Power Line]