As an example, the BLC Ns lawsuit overcame a major legal obstruction faced by indigenous communities impacted by large industries.
The president's pitch on Tuesday, at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the State University of New York, will underscore the obstructions he has faced from Republicans, and at a time when critics across the political spectrum are assailing a "do-nothing Congress".
They point to the pace of judicial confirmations to make the case that Democrats have overstated the degree of obstruction they face.
The pointless obstruction I face every day just making generic judicial appointments should not be read as a sign that this system isn't working!" (I am, maybe going to go brush my teeth again, or something? To see if I can pluck a nugget of actual wisdom from between my molars?).
They have faced obstruction from the National Rifle Association in this (in 2012, the NRA lobbied for and got legislation that barred commanders from collecting information about troops' personal weapons).
The testimony given under oath leads me to this conclusion: Had a lawyer explained the law and advised Duncan to follow it from the beginning, Andersen would not have faced obstruction charges.
Obama has faced obstruction from a large ideological core in Congress that reflexively rejects almost anything he proposes.
But what he must do is show that fire, that anger, that shows he is prepared to face down the system of obstruction that I faced that day forty years ago in Disneyland.
The pitch will underscore the Republican obstructions Mr. Obama has faced, and a time when critics across the political spectrum are assailing a "do-nothing Congress".
Journalists, too, faced official obstructions, but they tended to stay longer and to travel more widely, and they were able to find and interview a surprisingly wide assortment of people.
