Americans have always taken pride and celebrated this document which lays the groundwork for freedom of the people, free enterprise, and a system of checks and balances to ensure government accountability. However, our current administration seems to overlook and even ignore this sacred text time and time again. Below is a quick list of ways that President Obama enforces things not in the Constitution, and ignores things actually in it:

1) Appointing Dozens of Agency “Czars”: The Constitution gives the President the power to appoint ambassadors, judges, and top agency officials, but only with the advice and consent of the Senate (Article II, Section 2). Obama has failed to do so, and what’s worse is many of these Czars’ jobs could be performed by another agency already in place .

2) Forcing Americans to Engage in Commerce: The Constitution gives the government the power to regulate commerce, not mandate it. ObamaCare is a clear violation of the constitution as it requires Americans to purchase healthcare which they may or may not want (Article I, Section 8).

3) Unauthorized Recess Appointments: The president is allowed to “fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate” (Article II, Section 2). However, Obama made recess appointments of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three members of the National Labor Relations Board when the Senate was still in session.

The above is not an all-encompassing list by any means, but you get the picture.

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In fact, since Obama took office in January of 2009, the jobs participation rate has consistently declined, from 65.7% to 63.5%. This rate is even lower than when Jimmy Carter failed to be reelected to a second term as President in 1981 (63.9%).

Obama and Carter have other similarities, too. Both Presidents have struggled enormously with gas prices, more than any other presidents. Under Obama, gas prices have increased 103.79%, and with Carter they increased 103.77%.

Looking at the jobs participation number and gas price increases, it could be argued that Obama is an even worse economic leader than Carter. For those keeping count, it has been 1,227 days without a Democratic-led budget has been passed in the Senate, and 234 days since Obama has even met with his jobs council.

Obama’s Presidency may continue to mirror Carter’s to the end if the unemployment rate doesn’t dip below 8%. No President since the Great Depression has been reelected with numbers like this. Hey, Obama said himself that if the economy hasn’t turned around in three years, his presidency will be “a one-term proposition.” Watch the similarities between the two below:

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