Posted on 04/24/2015 9:07:52 PM PDT by Hostage
US attorneys have been granted additional time by US District Judge Andrew Hanen to provide details about a contentious advisory to assess sanctions or redresses against them for misleading the states and the court in the legal challenge against President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform.
Hanen moved the deadline from April 21st to April 30th at the request of the government. In the legal challenge against the immigration executive action, which has taken by 26 states led by Texas, attorneys for the government claimed on numerous occasions that movement on deferred action applications would not take place before February 18th; Hanen prevented the program going ahead on the 16th of the same month via a legal injunction. Hanen was later provided with an advisory from government attorneys stating that 108,081 undocumented immigrants had been given three year-renewals and a further 55 applicants were given this benefit after the temporary injunction was issued. At a court hearing on March 18th Hanen told Kathleen Hartnett, attorney for the Justice Department, that he had been told that such applications would not be processed until February 18th and he believed he had been treated “like an idiot”.
“Fabrications, misstatements, half-truths, artful omissions, and the failure to correct misstatements may be acceptable, albeit lamentable, in other aspects of life; but in the courtroom, when an attorney knows that both the court and the other side are relying on complete frankness, such conduct is unacceptable,” Hanen declared.
It was expected that DOJ would delay and it is expected that they will again ask for more time.
What they are being asked for is evidence that will figuratively put a noose around their necks.
As they continue to defy Judge Hanen, it will be interesting to see if he moves to incarcerate them and/or orders US Marshals to seize evidence and appoints a court master to receive it.
This is getting very good. Judge Hanen is definitely a great American who stands up for the rule of law.
I hope he is well protected by trusted law enforcement.
thanks in advance.
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