Obama, speaking at the Associated Press luncheon on April 3. Obama has expanded government power during his presidency, and his healthcare bill is currently being debated in the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

Over the course of his term in office, President Obama has repeatedly shown marked disdain for just about everything and everyone who has dared to disagree with him. At various times, the Supreme Court, Congress, the States and the voters have all been on the wrong side of several issues and therefore have received Presidential condescension.

In the past two weeks, however, the President has made it even more obvious that he holds no respect for any of these institutions, and believes that these things, along with the Constitution, are roadblocks that prevent him from re-making this country into one he would actually like.

His remarks about the Supreme Court last Monday were among the most disgraceful things he has done so far.

When asked about the Supreme Court’s deliberations about his health care law, President Obama responded with a thinly veiled threat, warning the “unelected” Court that to overturn the law would be “an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.”

This is what he actually meant: “This is a cute little Supreme Court you’ve got going here. Wouldn’t it be a shame if something terrible were to happened to it?”

Now, saying that you disagree with a decision the Supreme Court has made is one thing, but pressuring the Court (many Democrats have already started harping against a politicized court), while they are in the middle of a decision, is an un-presidential step too far, especially when your threat is factually challenged and ridiculous.

First, let’s talk about his problem with the “unelected” Court. Of course the Supreme Court is unelected, as is every other Federal Judge. This was designed in the Constitution to prevent the Courts from becoming involved in politics. Reminding them that they are unelected is a ridiculous attempt to try to drum up outrage among uninformed Americans.

Next his claim that the health care law was passed by a strong majority of Congress is just an outright lie. It was passed 219-212 in the House which is a razor tight margin considering the Democrats had a 30+ seat majority, and got the exact number of votes it needed in the Senate, no more. What Congress was he talking about?

Then, the President claimed that the Supreme Court overturning a law would be unprecedented. He would have been correct in 1802. Unfortunately for the President, this is 2012, and for 209 years, ever since Marbury v. Madison established Judicial Review, the Supreme Court has been overturning laws they find unconstitutional. In fact, it is their most important duty because it acts as a check on the powers of Congress and the President.

But that’s the thing President Obama has a problem with. He thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants with no consequences or limits on his power.

The government has the power to force you to buy something? Absolutely. The government has the power to tell religious institutions who they can hire and what kind of health coverage they have to provide? Duh. The President can make recess appointments to extremely powerful bureaucratic positions even when Congress isn’t in recess? Is that even a question?

The only thing that keeps the President from attempting to expand the power of government even more is the fact that voters might start to get a little suspicious of an all-powerful ruler, considering that is the exact thing that the Constitution attempts to prevent.

Well, apparently that’s annoying to the President as well. When he was meeting with the Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, a microphone that was on unbeknownst to President Obama, caught him saying that he would have more flexibility after his election.

So after those pesky voters have done their burdensome election thing, then President Obama can make a deal with the Russians over nuclear security. That’s comforting.

Then, Obama’s press secretary, while trying to explain the President’s remarks about the Supreme Court, which rightfully caused some consternation among the public, basically said that we couldn’t understand what the President was saying because it was actually an incredibly complex legal argument that he was making because he used to be a constitutional law professor.

So we’re too dumb to understand him when he threatens the Supreme Court and lies to our faces, and we’re too dumb to understand the wisdom of his plans, so he has to attempt to hide them from us until after we re-elect him.

Americans are starting to figure you out, Mr. President. So I wouldn’t count on that.

Andrew is a sophomore majoring in finance, French and markets and culture.