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President Obama’s ‘Deferred Action’ Program for Illegal Aliens Is Plainly Unconstitutional
National Review Online ^ | December 2, 2014 | By Mark Krikorian

Posted on 12/02/2014 3:19:31 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

That’s the title of a new paper by Temple University law professor Jan Ting (who appeared on NRO recently). It is the first extended analysis of the administration’s legal rationales for President Obama’s lawless amnesty decrees. Professor Ting divines “three separate assertions of authority to justify its alternative presidential immigration system,” examining each in turn. He concludes that each legal step — prosecutorial discretion, advance parole, and employment authorization — is being taken illegally and that “the three steps, taken together, amount to an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s exclusive constitutional authority to formulate immigration policy.”​

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; illegalaliens; tyranny

1 posted on 12/02/2014 3:19:31 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think pretty much everything that Obama does is unconstitutional, but if no one stops him, to quote one POS, what difference at this point does it make?


2 posted on 12/02/2014 3:28:21 PM PST by Mark17 (So gracious and tender was He. I claimed Him that day as my saviour, this stranger of Galilee)
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To: Mark17

That’s OK, the GOPe loves it.


3 posted on 12/02/2014 4:28:57 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: Mark17
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Action Plan for your "National Day of Reckoning" protest against Obama's Illegal Amnesty - (Internet Link)

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4 posted on 12/02/2014 6:10:04 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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