The news that union leaders were pushing the White House for a unilateral Obamacare “fix” should have come as no surprise, given President Obama’s repeated disregard for the rule of law.  However, single-handedly extending premium subsidies to union members who already have generous, tax-exempt health insurance benefits would have taken the administration’s lawlessness to a new level—a level to which the administration has now announced that even it isn’t willing to go. 

Big labor is beginning to recognize, like the rest of the nation, that the administration’s signature legislative act is a nightmare.  But rather than call for a full-scale repeal of Obamacare, union leaders demanded special treatment for their members—at the expense of the American taxpayer and the separation of powers.