Appeals court rules against illegal Obama immigration plan

[LuckyNed]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...t-obama-immigration-plan/ar-CCa4i8?li=AAa0dzB

President Barack Obama's plan to protect from deportation an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally suffered another setback Monday in a ruling from a New Orleans-based federal appeals court.

In a 2-1 ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge's injunction blocking the administration's immigration initiative.

Republicans had criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach when Obama announced it last November. Twenty-six states challenged the plan in court.

The administration argued that the executive branch was within its rights in deciding to defer deportation of selected groups of immigrants, including children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was praised the ruling.

"President Obama should abandon his lawless executive amnesty program and start enforcing the law today," Abbott said in a news release.

And the best part is the ruling further dims prospects of implementation of the executive action before Obama leaves office in 2017. Appeals over the injunction could take months and, depending on how the case unfolds, it could go back to the Texas federal court for more proceedings.

 

[BubsFinn]

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Hmmm, I don’t see anything about the President picking what parts of the Constitution he’ll preserve, protect and defend.

 

[naturalmwa]

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Hmmm, I don’t see anything about the President picking what parts of the Constitution he’ll preserve, protect and defend.

you don't think this immigration legislation is in the constitution do you?

 

[Metuo Accipiter]

you don't think this immigration legislation is in the constitution do you?

Derp

 

[naturalmwa]

Derp

Agreed that would be derp.

 

[IMCC965]

LOL. Like he's going to follow the law.

 

[TexMichFan]

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Hmmm, I don’t see anything about the President picking what parts of the Constitution he’ll preserve, protect and defend.

Maybe that is the best of his ability.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

good, now let's go after the unconstitutional aca

 

[moral_victory]

good, now let's go after the unconstitutional aca

Now?

 

[ottumwan in tx]

Now?

well, let us in tx do it in this same way using the same court in new Orleans, how's that?

 

[Kenneth Griffin]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...t-obama-immigration-plan/ar-CCa4i8?li=AAa0dzB

President Barack Obama's plan to protect from deportation an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally suffered another setback Monday in a ruling from a New Orleans-based federal appeals court.

In a 2-1 ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge's injunction blocking the administration's immigration initiative.

Republicans had criticized the plan as an illegal executive overreach when Obama announced it last November. Twenty-six states challenged the plan in court.

The administration argued that the executive branch was within its rights in deciding to defer deportation of selected groups of immigrants, including children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was praised the ruling.

"President Obama should abandon his lawless executive amnesty program and start enforcing the law today," Abbott said in a news release.

And the best part is the ruling further dims prospects of implementation of the executive action before Obama leaves office in 2017. Appeals over the injunction could take months and, depending on how the case unfolds, it could go back to the Texas federal court for more proceedings.

Its good to know that conservatives believe the courts now, ill just assume that means they believe the ACA is constitutional.

 

[timinatoria]

Its good to know that conservatives believe the courts now, ill just assume that means they believe the ACA is constitutional.

Sure it is. It's just that in order to be constitutional it's now a massive tax increase.

Oh, and it's still a garbage law that was fundamentally flawed from the start.

 

[The Tradition]

LOL. Like he's going to follow the law.

This.

I wonder if a judge would give Obama the "Kentucky Clerk" treatment for refusing to deport these people?

 

[cigaretteman]

President Obama will ask the Supreme Court to clear the way for his long-delayed immigration overhaul, administration lawyers said Tuesday, setting up another high-stakes legal contest in the nation’s highest court over the fate of one of the president’s signature achievements.

The Department of Justice said in a statement that it will appeal a federal appeals court ruling that blocked Mr. Obama’s plan to provide work permits to as many as five million undocumented immigrants while shielding most of them from deportation.

“The Department of Justice remains committed to taking steps that will resolve the immigration litigation as quickly as possible in order to allow DHS to bring greater accountability to our immigration system by prioritizing the removal of the worst offenders, not people who have long ties to the United States and who are raising American children,” said Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesman for the Justice Department. “The Department disagrees with the Fifth Circuit’s adverse ruling and intends to seek further review from the Supreme Court of the United States. “

A ruling from the Supreme Court, which could come by next summer, is likely to be the last chance for Mr. Obama to begin carrying out the plan — known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans — before handing the presidency to his successor in 2017, possibly to a Republican who could refuse to move forward.

On Monday, a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 against the administration, keeping in place a ban on the president’s actions that was imposed by a federal district court judge in Texas last February.

Mr. Obama asserted the executive power of his office to reshape the nation’s immigration rules after years in which he was repeatedly blocked from a legislative overhaul by Republicans in Congress.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/u...column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

 

[The Tradition]

Mr. Obama asserted the executive power of his office to reshape the nation’s immigration rules after years in which he was repeatedly blocked from a legislative overhaul by Republicans in Congress.

Yeah, we always overlook that little-known clause in the constitution which says, "if Congress won't give the President what he wants, the President can say, 'well, I tried to work with them' and assert executive power and do it anyway." I believe it's called "the Chavez Clause".