By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) welcomes a decision this year by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of President Obama’s executive orders relating to immigration.

While speaking with media Wednesday in Uptown Normal, Davis said he has maintained since the beginning those orders are unconstitutional. He believed the same can be said about many of the president’s executive actions.

“What he and his administration is trying to do through executive actions is unconstitutional, and the only reason he’s doing it is because he and his party have failed at the ballot box and he doesn’t want to go work through the institutions that he used to serve in,” Davis said.

Davis added the court’s upcoming ruling is something that goes beyond the issue of immigration.

“It’s the issue of the constitutionality of the president utilizing executive actions, rather than trying to work, as the constitution states – the same constitution that he used to teach in law school, has not changed,” said Davis. “And we need to make sure that the legislative branch has an active role, and an active voice, in setting public policy.”

Davis said Congress will continue to work to remind the president that there are three branches of government, and that “they’re all equal.”

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