25 States Continue Their Battle Against Obama’s Immigration Executive Actions (JANUARY 9; PRAY)

The Daily Signal ^ | December 31, 2014 | Hans von Spakovsky

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U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the Southern District of Texas has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 9 on the request for an injunction filed by 25 states against President Obama’s immigration amnesty plan.

In a nationally televised speech on Nov. 20, Obama announced (and began implementing) the executive actions. The original lawsuit was filed on Dec. 3, and the states requested an injunction hearing by Dec. 31 “or as soon as practicable thereafter.”

The lawsuit claims that Obama has “unilaterally suspend[ed] the immigration laws as applied to 4 million of the 11 million” illegal aliens in the United States.

The states (see the full list at the end of this article) are requesting that Hanen find that the Department of Homeland Security directives implementing Obama’s plan violate the “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” clause of the Constitution, as well as various provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act because they are arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and were issued without regulatory authority or the required notice and opportunity for public comment.

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A Motion for Preliminary Injunction will be heard in Judge Hanen's courtroom this coming Friday, January 9. Judge Hanen has the power to stop Obama temporarily for up to a year while both sides engage in the larger lawsuit. Judge Hanen is literally 'The Person' who can save America.

Pray without ceasing as this is a critical moment for America. This is deadly serious business that addresses lawlessness on the scale of tens of millions.

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Just as predicted, the GOP Party Leaders (McConnell-Boehner and Company) are setting up a diversion preparing a ‘Border Security Bill’ to use in burying the funding for Obama’s Executive Amnesty.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3243195/posts?page=1

This is FRAUD, pure and simple.

[factoryrat]

Obama’s decree violates the US Constitution, therefore it is NULL AND VOID!

If the federal government refuses to uphold its end of the US Constitution, then the US government is in breach of contract.

The States really need to stand up to the feds, but from what I've seen, the border states and their governments are in collusion with the feds to give up sovereignty to mexico for personal profit.

The only solution is to either force the border states to hold up their end of the contract via the Constitution of the US, or, give them up to mexico, and cut them off from the Union. Most of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and pretty much all of California have been successfully occupied by mexican forces anyhow, so it wouldn't be much of a fight anyhow.

[Jim Robinson]

Bump!

[MarMema]

Wow. I will be with you in prayer.

[duffee]

Mississippi is one of the 25. Neither of our Senators, wicker or cochran have done ANYTHING to stop it and are both pro illegal immigration, amnesty and no borders, their inaction speaks for them. Our three republican Congressmen are for amnesty and have also voted to fully fund this illegal amnesty and have only paid lip service to protecting our borders, cutting spending and reducing the size of government. Other statewide elected officials purport to to be against amnesty and open borders but openly support haley barbour and these bastards. We absolutly need to dump Lt. Gov. tate reeves this year, he’s a liar and he thinks we’re stupid.

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I'm not sure why you think this is a diversion.

The GOP campaigned on this and won votes because of the massive number of people who flooded across the borders a few months ago. This will keep Obama and Jarrett from doing the same thing again.

Did you NOT want more border security?

[apocalypto]

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Of course I want Border Security!

But you missed the point. Border Security laws have always been abandoned by both republicans and democrats.

In other words, it’s a con game that the GOP leadership is playing. They have no intention of following through with border security. They have every intention of funding OBama’s massive amnesty.

Again, this is based on recent history, that from 2006 on, all Border Security Laws have been abandoned including funds allocated to construct a fence.

FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU!
FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME!

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article Hostage. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

With all due respect to Freepers in these 25 states, please consider the following. Similarly as with constitutionally indefensible Obamacare, we now have evidence of 25 states whose leaders evidently don’t know the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers any better than the low-information voters who elected them do.

More specifically, as evidenced by the following excerpts from the writings of the Founding Fathers including James Madison who is regarded as the father of the Constitution, and also disregarding PC interpretations of the “Uniform Rule of Naturalization” clause (1.8.4) and the slavery clause (1.9.1) which are used to justify federal immigration laws, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate immigration, immigration uniquely a 10th Amnedment-protected state power issue.

• “4. _Resolved_, That alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the State wherein they are: that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual States, distinct from their power over citizens. And it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” the act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the — day of July, 1798, intituled “An Act concerning aliens,” which assumes powers over alien friends, not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void, and of no force [emphasis added].” —Thomas Jefferson, Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions - October 1798.

• "That the General Assembly doth particularly protest against the palpable and alarming infractions of the Constitution, in the two late cases of the "Alien and Sedition Acts" passed at the last session of Congress; the first of which exercises a power no where delegated to the federal government, ...

  …

  … the General Assembly doth solemenly appeal to the like dispositions of the other states, in confidence that they will concur with this commonwealth in declaring, as it does hereby declare, that the acts aforesaid, are unconstitutional; and that the necessary and proper measures will be taken by each, for co-operating with this state, in maintaining the Authorities, Rights, and Liberties, referred to the States respectively, or to the people [emphasis added]. ”— James Madison, Draft of the Virginia Resolutions - December 1798.

In fact, note that the Suprome Court has clarified that powers not expressly delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the power to make immigration policy in this example, are prohibited to the feds.

”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.

So regardless that lawless Obama is once again wrongly ignoring corrupt Congress with his constitutionally indefensible so-called executive orders or executive actions, or whatever the PC buzzword is at this time, it remains that the states have never constitutionally granted the feds the specific power to regulate intrastate immigration.

Also, note that constitutionally indefensible federal immigration laws are another example of major problems with the corrupt federal government that are arguably a direct consequence of the ill-conceived 17th Amendment, state lawmakers foolishly giving up their voices in Congress.

Constitutionally ignorant citizens DESERVE unconstitutionally big federal government.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“In other words, it’s a con game that the GOP leadership is playing. They have no intention of following through with border security. They have every intention of funding OBama’s massive amnesty.”

To the contrary, create a border security bill that is concise. “The border will be secure. Period. No other bills dealing with immigration, whether legal or illegal will be addressed until the border is secure.”

Now put everyone on record whether they want a secure border or not. Then put it on Obamas desk. He will sign it,then will try to kill it with EPA regulations and other environmental impact studies. At that point you vote for defunding the EPA as a fraudulent enterprise. And at the same time you begin calling environmental groups up to the hill to testify as to their scientific proof, working to discredit them.

Once you do that, you take down the entire global warming criminal enterprise. And you get border security with it.

Second bill is Keystone. You take down Buffett by going Galt on him.

Finally, go after the MSM for failing in their constitutional duty to be the oversight afford the American people.

IT’S PAYBACK TIME, as Valerie Jarrett would say.

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> “Constitutionally ignorant citizens DESERVE unconstitutionally big federal government.”

I am not so critical of my fellow citizens. I know how hard it is to keep up in life’s day-to-day struggles and responsibilities.

But there is a class of Americans who cannot escape your admonition. And that class comprises more than 7,000 State Legislators.

View this must-see video (all of it) of Mark Levin to understand the only recourse remaining should the Rule of Law in federal courts fail:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZuV8JnvvA

And in fact even if the Rule of Law prevails in federal courts, the process in the above video should still forge ahead to set a precedent in redressing the tyrannical imbalance set in motion by what you already mentioned, the ‘ill-conceived’ 17th Amendment.

The bottomline is the American People do not today have an effective representational body in Washington DC, but they do have collective and faithful representation in the 50 Statehouses of which we should give thanks and gratitude to revolutionary patriot and statesman George Mason.

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> “To the contrary, create a border security bill that is concise. “The border will be secure. Period. No other bills dealing with immigration, whether legal or illegal will be addressed until the border is secure.””

Already been done with the Border Fence legislation passed not so long ago, but then abandoned even though a small section built showed great effectiveness.

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"I know how hard it is to keep up in life’s day-to-day struggles and responsibilities."

As evidenced by the video referenced below, it takes just three minutes to read Congress’s Article I, Section 8-limited powers.

Judge Napolitano & the Constitution

And while Judge Napolitano read Section 8 to argue against constitutionally indefensible Obamacare, he could have just as well been discussing federal immigration policy imo.

I don’t know why Levin didn’t refer to Congres’s Section 8-limited powers in the video that you referenced, or why Ted Cruz didn’t read Section 8 in his filibuster of Obamacare. But I agree with the following excerpt from Thomas Jefferson’s writings.

“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive [emphasis added] to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)

Sadly, the Jefferson and Madison excerpts regarding immigration along with Section 8 would probably fit on three or four pages. So I respectfully disagree with you about how hard it is to keep up with the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers with respect to life’s day-to-day struggles.

[caww]

I believe what congress and the laws see as “border security” can and is defined in many ways which are not security rather they are a means of control with the idea of doing just enough to say it’s security, when in fact it is more so allowing the political and corporate business aspects of the border to continue... and will be used to facilitate the immigration of workersfrom all of S. America.

Canada, US and S. America are considered one trading block on the International Map....the border issues to politicians are not about the safety of Americans rather about the free flow of trade and manpower to accomplish this.

[Know et al]

States doing the job congress won't do. Why do we even have a congress?

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Here are the twenty five states:

   1 Alabama         15 North Carolina
   2 Arizona         16 South Carolina
   3 Arkansas        17 North Dakota
   4 Florida         18 Ohio
   5 Georgia         19 Oklahoma
   6 Idaho           20 South Dakota
   7 Indiana         21 Texas
   8 Kansas          22 Utah
   9 Louisiana       23 West Virginia
  10 Maine           24 Wisconsin
  11 Michigan        25 Tennessee
  12 Mississippi
  13 Montana
  14 Nebraska

South Carolina is there!

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[EQAndyBuzz]

The they need to do it again. And again and again.

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There are 435 Congressional Districts each representing about 700,000 people.

A study done only a recent few years back by the AFFT showed it takes an average of 3,000 activists to turn a member of Congress around to a NATIONAL issue of importance.

3,000/700,000 as a percentage = .43 percent; much less than 1%.

It takes much less than 1% to be attentive to matters at the federal level; the rest can go about their business.

It would however improve attentiveness if American History and American Government were once again required High School courses for earning an HS Diploma.

As to State Level attentiveness, this is more important these days, why? Follow the money, explained later.

State legislators number well above 7,000:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/number-of-legislators-and-length-of-terms.aspx

At the state level, the representation is less uniform among the states but still much closer.

On average, 5,413 state representatives serve 59,626 Americans as of the 2010 census, while each of the 1,971 state senators represents 156,339 Americans.

At the state representative level the same 3,000 activists for federal issues will average 3,000/59,626 or 5% attentiveness penetration capability, more than 10 times that of the federal level penetration. With respect to state senators, the same 3,000 activists garner more than 150% attentiveness penetration.

Now as for your assertion that the American People are to blame, it is specious to put it politely. The choices for FEDERAL candidates presented to the American people are all Hobbesian Choices. The slate of candidates are almost all pre-selected and it matters not to campaign financiers which candidate is elected as both are usually selected a priori (pre-selected).

The choice is crudely presented by French existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre “If you’re neck deep in a barrel of merde (sh*t) and someone is throwing a handful of snot at your head, would you duck?”.

So let’s not blame the American People. They are in a bind. Their required labor time limits their ability to get organized, their heavy taxation limits their ability to finance alternatives and when they do act they have few choices except those which in most cases that are pre-selected.

If you blame Americans for voting for the likes of McConnell, then what would you have them do? Vote for Grimes?

In 2012, the top of the ticket was Obama and Romney? Which was worse, the socialist Obama or the progressive liar Romney? You blame the American People for this menu of choices?

Still to their credit, Conservatives starting in 2008 made an effort to change their menu of choices and they are still at work at it and refining the skills, organization and communications necessary in placing their candidates on the ballot. So the American Conservatives who are the majority of Americans are doing the right thing.

Money is the Mother’s Milk of politics. The Oligarchs have it, the American People don’t unless they are organized to collect funds. There is a chance of that via the Article V movement. But money wins most races, not all but most. Occasionally a superstar emerges like Ted Cruz who can whip an opponent with ten times more money backing than he has. But it’s a rarity until the game becomes clear enough to convert a critical mass of at least 3,000 persons in each Congressional District to become activists.

It’s not an instantaneous process. It can take a decade or two but the benefits can be realized in less than a decade and then the movement snowballs. Since 2008 the necessary critical mass numbers are approaching. The surprise from the last primary season when Americans tried to change the menu, the surprise was the internecine warfare conducted by the national party against its own base. That is actually revealing. It reveals that the federales are scared and it now more than ever more clear that there not two parties in Washington DC, there is one ruling party backed by outside money. These are the facts and the American People are painfully waking up. It is not the time to be blaming them.

As for money, the federal government has all the money in the world, the states don’t. Federal budgets are practically obsolete. Funds are digitally created from central bank sources and are channeled via bond markets to monetize federal government debt as well as states that are submissive and favored industries. This is an offshoot of ‘Deep Capture’. The taxpayer is largely irrelevant. Elections are increasingly a sham.

Yet Americans are waking up and preparing to fight like hell. In my view the Beltway class has far overplayed their hands. I’m staying tuned.

[Cheerio]

IT’S PAYBACK TIME, as Valerie Jarrett would say.