[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4827-H4828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT'S SUPREME COURT RECORD

  (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BYRNE. Madam Speaker, since taking office in 2009, President 
Obama and his administration have taken a position in 175 cases before 
the Supreme Court, but the President has only won 79 of those cases. 
That comes out to just about 45 percent.
  Indeed, over the course of his Presidency, the Obama administration 
argued 44 cases before the Supreme Court where their position failed to 
get a single vote. Not even the people the President appointed to the 
Court agree with his position.
  This number stands in stark contrast to the results from President 
George W. Bush, who won over 60 percent of his cases before the Court, 
and Bill Clinton, who won 63 percent of his cases.
  Most of the cases President Obama has lost have only one thing in 
common: the President's view that Federal

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power is virtually unlimited. Under this President, citizens must 
submit their liberty and freedom to whatever the government experts 
determine is best. The administration believes they can operate above 
or around the law.
  Madam Speaker, the President's record in front of the Court is a 
disturbing trend and something that should alarm every single American.

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