Obama’s legacy won’t go into overtime

By Washington Examiner

Published November 26, 2016 5:01am ET

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Obama’s legacy won’t go into overtime — Because so much of what President Obama accomplished was done by executive order, it can be easily undone. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

A federal judge in Texas this week blocked President Obama’s new overtime rule, which was supposed to go into effect next Thursday. That’s one more thing Americans can be thankful for this season.

The new rule would have affected nearly all American businesses, doubling the salary threshold at which workers must be presumed to qualify automatically for time-and-a-half pay if they work more than 40 hours a week.

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