President-elect Obama vowed to use his power to change the way the NCAA football playoffs are run. During an interview with 60 Minutes, Obama said he would "throw his weight around" to influence the NCAA, because "it's the right thing to do." Actually, this is entirely the wrong thing to do. Regardless of pros and cons for Obama's proposals, the bottom line is that the President of the United States has no authority to influence private matters like college football procedures. This is entirely outside the scope of power entrusted to the Executive Branch.
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Even the hint of using executive power to influence the NCAA is unacceptable and shows clear lack of respect for limitations on power mandated by our legal system.
The President's real job is to make treaties with foreign governments, appoint federal officers, act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, and enforce national laws that are spelled out in the Constitution and written by Congress. That's it!
Power is a zero sum game, meaning that whenever politicians expand theirs it is at the expense of individual sovereignty. Let's keep government's power in check, especially when its expansion has absolutely nothing to do with governing the country.
