Posted on 11/22/2014 2:05:11 PM PST by aimhigh
There are no serious legal questions about the administration’s plan, which will temporarily legalize the status of some 4.3 million undocumented immigrants. Even lawyers for the conservative Federalist Society concede Obama’s legal reasoning. The serious questions revolve around political norms. And conservative critics have a point that Obama is stretching norms of political behavior by enacting effective changes in the law solely on his own.
Immigration law, unlike other kinds of law, is explicitly designed by Congress to delegate authority to the president. "The Immigration and Nationality Act and other laws are chock-full of huge grants of statutory authority to the president,” notes Republican lawyer Margaret Stock.
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Where do you go with an essay that starts like this?
A few short months ago even Obama himself was declaring the unlawful nature of what he did Thursday.
The writer is really, really dense.
Bottom line is: the dude took precisely the action he could have taken six years ago, and wants applause for it.
/johnny
All he did is yap.
/johnny
If they play it right, it’s nothing remotely resembling an “triumph.” The only immigration-related legislation that should flow from Congress from this day forward should ONLY be that which enforces law and secures the border. The amnesty component has been reached. Nothing more.
I have yet to see an e o
Everything will be done through EO’s in the agencies. If we ever get a conservative in the WH revenge will be sweet. Immigration is largely under the control of the executive branch. All we can do is hope the backlogs and staff shortages reduce the numbers.
What a load of BS.
I would think the answer to whether its a serious legal challenge would come after its adjudicated
No EO.
/johnny
They aren’t stupid or dense. Its called the Big Lie, and they have it down to an art.
Just say it with confidence and people will believe you.
What did he sign in Vegas yesterday, then?
it was receipt for his bermuda shorts
There's no EO. There's only the new laws written by Obama and passed by Obama, written on Post-it notes.
The precedent will be useful if/when a Republican takes the presidency. There are quite a few pernicious laws that can simply be unenforced.
Obama is trying to bluff people into thinking there is amnesty. If enough people believe it, it becomes reality.
If he signed an EO, give me the number. I haven't seen one.
He's been snookering and stampeding low-info types.
/johnny
/johnny
I have yet to see a Latino rally or gathering or ANYTHING over this non-EO. They rightly sense zero is about to rope ‘em in like he did us with zerocare.
That’s why he’s having to PUSH it on them. They don’t want it.
They like their free $hit quiet, sub-rosa and no names. They ain’t registering for *nothing*.
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