Liberty Maven

William A. Niskanen rolls up the U.S. Constitution and smacks Barack Obama’s nose a few times in this article on the CATO blog. It’s an excellent and short read.

President Obama is intelligent and charming –- but not wise. The Constitution only authorizes the president to be the chief executive of the federal government and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, ample challenges to the most skilled person, but the president is not the sole leader of the federal government, the American nation, or the free world. Based on his inaugural address, President Obama has no apparent sense of the limits of what he can and should do –- and that will reduce his effectiveness in addressing those issues within his clear authority.

Read the rest of the smack here.