Trump's opponents race to the courthouse to thwart him

Reuters ^ | November 2, 2017 | by Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung

[Oldeconomybuyer]

When President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 12 he would stop subsidies to health insurers critical to the Obamacare law, the response from Democratic state officials was swift and predictable: a lawsuit by 18 state attorneys general was filed within 24 hours.

The race to the courthouse in response to presidential actions has become a familiar pattern since Trump took office in January, and early rulings in many of the lawsuits have, at least temporarily, hobbled key parts of the president’s agenda.

Since Trump took office, courts have at least temporarily blocked Trump’s plans to:

**ban travelers and immigrants from several Muslim-majority countries

**withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration enforcement

**ban transgender people from serving in the military

**delay implementation of a regulation issued by the Obama administration limiting methane emissions

**put the brakes on an Interior Department rule requiring energy firms to pay more mineral royalties on federal land

**delay compliance with an Obama-era rule aimed at curbing natural gas drilling waste emissions on federal land

**and impede a detained illegal immigrant teenager from obtaining an abortion

[ClearCase_guy]

Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the United States District Court in Washington has found that Congress had never appropriated money for the cost-sharing subsidies.

Therefore,

“The government cannot lawfully make the cost-sharing reduction payments,” the White House said in a statement.

It concluded that “Congress needs to repeal and replace the disastrous Obamacare law and provide real relief to the American people.”

Trump is following the law.
Congress isn't doing it's job.

The media is saying everything is Trump's fault.

[KyCats]

The only thing that will bring the judiciary back under control is extreme and sustained pressure from the public.

These usurpers are influencing our lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We need to do the same to them.

[Lurkinanloomin]

If only we had had an opposition party to sue to stop the illegal President from illegally giving illegal aliens ss#’s and work permits.

[PIF]

“... extreme and sustained pressure from the public.”

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Hot tar, chicken feathers, split rail ...

[minnesota_bound]

FTA: a lawsuit by 18 state attorneys general was filed within 24 hours.

Sounds like collusion to steal from the taxpayers