Posted on 06/29/2010 5:14:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Not a fan of OReilly, but I think he’s right on this one...
If Obama tries it, he’s toast.
10 million? more like 30-40 million.
There certainly isn’t any rush to get rid of the illegals and now Obozo is calling on “immigrant rights groups” and unions to push for amnesty.
bttt
If Obama tries this by an Executive Order, the EO could be rejected by the Senate and overridden. Do any of you remember Executive Order 13083 when Bill Clinton tried to remove the Tenth Amendment? The Senate overturned it and tonguelashed the White House. Seems like the vote was 99-0, or something similar. Obama might have been elected by a slight majority, but that majority is evaporated. He should be impeached if he tries to circumvent the congress.
Asylum and permanent residency are both strictly controlled by existing US law. As such, they cannot be undone by an Executive Order, and the law(s) as it currently exists, do not allow for such asylum to virtually all of these immigrants, nor does it outlaw for an expedited permanent residency process (short of asylum).
I suppose it's possible something could be slipped into some omnibus budget bill, or other huge piece of legislation that would amend the existing law. That would be somewhat unlikely, but not altogether impossible.
If enough oil spills in the gulf they will be able to ride in buses from Mexico to Florida. ;-)
Well, in the interest of accuracy, that's not entirely correct. The branch of government most likely to intervene would be the Judiciary, who still maintains judicial review of (almost) all Executive Orders. Executive Orders cannot make new law if that power wasn't ceded to the President in previously passed legislation, nor can an Executive Order set-aside existing law.
For Congress to undo an Executive Order, both houses would have to pass legislation, and assuming the legislation was vetoed by the President, they'd have to override that veto like any other veto, 2/3rds majority in each house.
Can’t wait to get my quota of those bastards.
This is a relief to know.
However, how do you know all this stuff? I’m amazed.
If history gives us any guide, leftists do not care about the finer points of the law. The question becomes, Could he get away with it?
I didn't "know it" until it came up last week and I took the time over the weekend to read the relevant statutes. Like so many other people, I just wasn't sure.
The suit DID NOT give Hispanics six votes and everybody else one. It gave EVERYBODY six votes, which they could plump for one candidate or divide amongst up to six candidates. IN other words, "cumulative voting" as practiced in some corporations, and for the Illinois legislature, prior to the 1970s.
He screwed that pooch when he insulted the Supreme Court, in person and on national television. Presidential Executive Orders have only been struck down by the Supreme Court twice in the previous 235 years of the Republic. I'm positive this would be number three.
Keep in mind, however, he could still pardon them. Pardons are viewed as an absolute power of the President, not subject to review. Once they're pardoned, that's it. They can no longer be prosecuted, but they can still be deported.
As Former Army special forces .. I welcome this meeting!
Maybe a good idea or maybe not, but wasn’t six for some and one for others.
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