Posted on 04/18/2016 6:03:52 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday will take on a case that could torpedo the Obama administration's controversial executive actions on immigration that have become a flashpoint in the 2016 race.
President Barack Obama announced the moves to great fanfare in late 2014, as a response to congressional inaction on immigration reform, but a federal court blocked them after Texas and 25 other states sued. Immigration at the Supreme Court: What you need to know Busloads of immigrants' rights activists -- some of them undocumented -- are expected on the court's plaza to support the policies that could affect around 4 million people. The moves are meant to shield them from deportation and allow them work permits. Critics of Obama's moves say they are part of a pattern of the White House looking to go around the Republican Congress. "Basically the President has stepped in and taken over what normally would be associated with Congress," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an interview. "Congress makes the laws." The GOP Congress will be involved at oral arguments as well. The House of Representatives, in an unusual move, intervened in the case against the administration, and will have 15 minutes before the eight justices to argue its case Monday.
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Well....we all know the outcome.
But a tie means we win. The lower court ruling is upheld. Victory to Texas and the good guys
If it’s 4-4 we win but with Roberts and Kennedy who knows
I predict they will side against Obama in order to avoid inflaming the electorate.
So the sudden and uninvestgated death of Scalia has been a win for unions, now the most corrupt government and courts in our history will destroy our once great country
I am sure there are 100’s of reasons we could have impeached this pretender in the White House. Our do-nothing Congress sits idle by and writes him a blank check. And then wonders why America is pissed off.
The Supreme Kangaroo Kourt.
With Scalia gone, the “center” of the Court as it now exists has shifted to the left (thankfully, we still have Thomas). I am worried that Roberts and Kennedy might swing more to the left now, either deliberately or out of some misguided instinct to find the new center, since a major conservative counterweight is gone.
The court may swing more left just so they do not end up like Scalia- anyone consider that?
Well, with Roberts, I fear his belief is if there a legislative option (i.e. power of purse) option available, he will side with the President.
With this court we dont know. I can see them go 5-3 just to reverse the lower court ruling so obama wins.
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