Posted on 08/23/2012 12:37:56 PM PDT by Nachum
On August 23, 2012, a group of 10 ICE agents and officers, led by ICE Council president Chris Crane, filed suit against DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton seeking an injunction against the Napolitano Directive of June 15, 2012. FOX News broke the story shortly after 12 p.m. on Thursday. The lawsuit has been filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which is in the 5th Circuit. Kris Kobach is representing the agents and officers, and NumbersUSA is financing the effort.
The complaint asserts, and NumbersUSA agrees, that the DREAM Directive:
Orders federal law enforcement officers, including the ICE plaintiffs, to violate duly-enacted immigration law, along with the oath of office they swore to uphold the laws and Constitution of the United States, under the guise of “prosecutorial discretion;” Is an unconstitutional exercise of legislative power by the Executive branch; Is an unconstitutional breach of the Executive branch’s duty to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed; Violates the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires DHS to implement new policies through the standard rule-making procedure.
In the complaint, the ICE agents and officers ask the c
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Case dismissed.
It’s about time someone held these people responsible. Here’s hoping the court gets their head outta their... well you know...
Praying for the success of this (and subsequent) suits.
I am sure that if it wins, the appeal will be in some liberal district, and if it were to actually make the SC, Roberts will find a way to define it as a Constitutionally sound order
I am sure that if it wins, the appeal will be in some liberal district, and if it were to actually make the SC, Roberts will find a way to define it as a Constitutionally sound order
I am sure that if it wins, the appeal will be in some liberal district, and if it were to actually make the SC, Roberts will find a way to define it as a Constitutionally sound order
Napolitano justifying her actions by invoking “prosecutorial discretion” is what gives lawyers (and liberals) a bad name. I am not sure that a Federal Judge would agree.
And I remember when the Democrats practically lynched Nixon because he said that he would not spend all of the money that the Congress had allocated - Democrats demanded he follow the law as written, and threatened to impeach if he didn’t.
And Janet is out there all on her lonesome - Obama didn’t provide an executive order, he just TOLD her what he wanted and let her do all the lifting.
Ping.
Thanx.
Hurrah!
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