Could have fooled me.

Via Washington Examiner:

President Obama on Wednesday dismissed charges that he broke the law by going around Congress on issues ranging from health care to immigration.

“I never have a green light. I’m bound by the Constitution. I’m bound by separation of powers,” Obama said at a press conference, concluding a Washington summit on Africa.

“What I can do is scour our authorities to try to make progress,” Obama added of his approach in the face of congressional gridlock.

House Republicans brought a lawsuit against Obama for delaying the employer mandate in his signature health law. And Obama is weighing whether to expand the deferral of deportations of Dream Act-eligible immigrants to others living in the country illegally — a move conservatives have called illegal.