Fred Barnes writing for the Weekly Standard suggests, “President Obama’s legacy is in jeopardy. The fates of his main achievements—Obamacare, his amnesty for five million illegal immigrants, the Dodd-Frank financial institution reforms—are now in the hands of the federal courts.

“This is extraordinary. Until Obama, no president has been in a situation in which judges rather than the elected branches of government can decide if his successful initiatives—successful in having been enacted by Congress or himself—live or die,” Barnes notes.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) Tuesday introduced The Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act (S. 690) with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and James Lankford (R-Okla.). The legislation would prohibit the Department of Education (ED) from issuing regulations or other policies that conflict with the policies of local education authorities.

“Education has historically been a state and local issue, but the voice of local leadership has unnecessarily eroded due to policies and requirements unilaterally established by federal agencies like the Department of Education,” Inhofe said.

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On February 27, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) wrote a letter to President Obama seeking clarification on the President’s February 25 comments that there would be “consequences” for federal immigration officials who continue deportations after the President’s November immigration executive actions. However, in early February, a federal district court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the President’s immigration executive overreach, effectively supporting the continuation of deportations. Lankford requested a response by March 6, to “help ICE, other DHS employees and the American people understand what consequences they may face when they follow the law.” No response has been received from the Obama administration.

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Armed pro-Russia fighters prepare for the battle with Ukrainian police

Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent with Sky News, reports that Valadimir Putin, current totalitarian ruler of Russia, has acknowledged on national television that Russian troops invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine in Crimea after all.  Yes he said he did and with an attitude of “so what?”

World leaders might want to bear this in mind in future dealings with Putin. Stallard writes, “Remember when we first saw those mysterious little green men appearing in Crimea last year – you know, the ones who looked and acted exactly like exactly like Russian paratroopers, only minus their insignia? At the time Mr Putin flatly denied they were his troops, that he was in the process of annexing part of another European country.

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Congressman Steve Russell (OK-05) joined House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) yesterday in asking the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to explain why certain legal processes are not being followed and what rationale lead to a proposal by the BATFE to ban the sale and manufacture of certain ammunition.

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