  issues or america  america is a country of laws our constitution the heart of our freedom provides a system of checks and balances that separates powers into legislative judicial and executive branches yet over the course of his presidency president obama has made unilateral decisions about which parts of particular laws he chooses to uphold or not what happens to america when the constitution has been gutted by an individual s choices about abiding by the law read thomas sowell s assessment in this human events article  wwwhumaneventscom 20120821 issuesoramerica   issues america  