The article talks about how Obama is being called an "emperor" by Republicans like Boehner who say that Obama has overstepped his power. There's accusations that Obama's executive order overstepped his constitutional powers, and is a power left to Congress because it dealt with Immigration. The article then talks about how Obama has used less executive orders than any president in over 100 years (since 1901).
However, this is not "emperor" like because the power of executive orders is not even constitutional in itself, and Congress's power over immigration in the Constitution is restricted to ending all deportations and permanently altering another groups immigration status. So since Obama's executive order did neither, this is not overstepping his power into Congress' power.
And Obama's not the only president to have issued executive orders concerning immigration. Reagan and Bush have both used executive orders. Reagan deferred deportation of about 100,00 undocumented immigrants and Bush relieved 1.5 million undocumented immigrants of deportation. Meaning Obama wouldn't be the first president to use an executive order on deportation
So he is not assuming the role of an "emperor" by doing something thats been done by previous presidents, just on a larger level. Especially considering he's used less executive orders than any other president in over a 100 years.
However, this is not "emperor" like because the power of executive orders is not even constitutional in itself, and Congress's power over immigration in the Constitution is restricted to ending all deportations and permanently altering another groups immigration status. So since Obama's executive order did neither, this is not overstepping his power into Congress' power.
And Obama's not the only president to have issued executive orders concerning immigration. Reagan and Bush have both used executive orders. Reagan deferred deportation of about 100,00 undocumented immigrants and Bush relieved 1.5 million undocumented immigrants of deportation. Meaning Obama wouldn't be the first president to use an executive order on deportation
So he is not assuming the role of an "emperor" by doing something thats been done by previous presidents, just on a larger level. Especially considering he's used less executive orders than any other president in over a 100 years.