[alancarp]

Brilliant move by this judge. On top of everything else (I recommend a full read of the linked article), he puts the DOJ into the position of having to argue that the words of the President don't apply - and he's the one who set the policy and is demanding its implementation.

[don-o]

Indeed. The CT site delivers excellent analysys and Hanen's ruling is also included.. Here a snip from the very end to whet the appetite for folks to wade through it all.

BOOM ! By using Obama’s own words Judge Hanen deconstructs the previous 5th DCA assertion of “no possibility for punitive harm” in the Mississippi ruling; and simultaneously puts an affirmative consideration into his own ruling – which proves the “possibility for punitive harm” in the Texas case before him which he is deciding. Brilliant Judicial Chess Move. By waiting to see the outcome of the Mississippi case (5th DCA) Judge Hanen has essentially removed one weapons which the DOJ attorneys could use against his own ruling when it enters the same appellate court.