Posted on 12/08/2014 7:56:32 PM PST by SeekAndFind
AUSTIN, Texas -- Three more states have joined a Texas-led multistate coalition suing over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration.
The addition of Arizona, Florida and Ohio brings to 20 the number of states fighting the order in a federal district court in Brownsville.
Many top Republicans have denounced the president’s unilateral move designed to spare as many as 5 million people living illegally in the United States from deportation.
But Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott took it a step further with filing a lawsuit in federal court in the Southern District of Texas.
Most of the 20 states participating in the lawsuit are in the South and Midwest, but Abbott argues that Texas could be uniquely hurt by the executive orders because of its large border.
Announced Nov. 20, Obama's order extends protection from deportation and the right to work to an estimated 4.1 million parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who have lived in the country for at least five years and to hundreds of thousands more young people.
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Hmmm, well that might be a bit of an interesting curve ball.
There’s a couple of ‘memos’ from him directing the change.
Well, hopefully the attorneys involved with the suits have crafted them carefully, because I am very suspicious as to why he announced an order than didn’t issue an order.
I smell a dirty rat.
This guy has been catch me if you can the whole time, and no one has caught him yet.
Well, we’ll see.
But however it ends there should be an injunction stopping Obama’s amnesty while it goes through the court.
Before it gets decided I’m afraid there will be a Republican amnesty law passed anyway...
Yes, indeed.
With enemies like this, who needs friends...or something like that.
True, heretofore he hasn't been challenged. But I believe this is the first time he's been challenged by the states on "prosecutorial discretion". The earlier Arizona case was decided on a separation of powers issue -- the states having no constitutional role in immigration enforcement.
Separately, Boehner's lawsuit has now been filed, too, challenging the President's usurpation of Congressional legislative powers.
We'll just have to wait and see how the court challenges play out.
A second question is whether he can affirmatively provide them with IDs and legal status even if he has the power to not prosecute based on "prosecutorial discretion". One is a non-action which can be rationalized (I won't say justified) by a finite budget and a much larger pool of violations which could be prosecuted. The other is an action which requires that he spend money that hasn't been appropriated for that function.
True there’s no EO, but there’s memos and hard proof the intent of the EO is being implemented. 1,000 new hires in Virginia by the DHS, etc.. These actions are due to Amnesty being implemented whether there’s an EO or not. A meeting just took place at the WH regarding implementation of Amnesty. Lots of tangible evidence here, and follow the money too.
One could also argue that SINCE there’s no EO, he’s in greater legal jeopardy for doing things there’s no EO or law for justifying what he is doing.
No, one does not have to be injured/damaged. The real and appreciable risk of threatened harm is enough.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-193_omq2.pdf
Which Ohio RINO is part of the lawsuit: Kasich or DeWine?
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I felt exactly the same about Arizona. Better now...and it should be 50 states!
DHS has operational memos out to make it so despite it not being a "real EO". Effect will be just as bad as if he had signed it. Might complicate who actually needs to be sued though - more layers of the onion to peel away to find the appropriate target.
We just got a new Governor, declared himself to be Independent, so I don't have any idea which way he will swing.
He was a registered Republican, but lost in the primaries, so went Independent. The Demonrats, who realize they can not get a governor elected, had run a very weak candidate. They decided to withdraw from the election if now Governor Walker would choose their nominee as his running mate. Subsequently, they put all their force and money behind Walker. There are always some who disagree with the party choice in any election. They had their out. They could vote for the Indy candidate ( after all, he is really a Republican, you know/s)and feel justified in their choice.
With this, they managed to squeak out a win. Now the whole State has to live with this for four years. God help us all.
Texas Governor Elect Abbott - who is leading the suit has stated that when the lawsuit was filed that he and his team were aware that no actual EO was signed and delivered... The suit will focus on actions by the Secretary of DHS proceeding under no basis of law ... not even an EO...
Actually - I believe that since there was no EO the action against the DHS will make it easier. Also the suit has been assigned a Bush appointed Judge who has ruled against the DHS before on lax border enforcement....
The lawsuit is focused on the actions of the DHS... The Secretary issued about 10 memorandum... executing the action that obama said was what needed to be done based on a legal opinion...
The focus will be on a broad application of a law for millions that was meant to be applied on a case by case basis.
The focus is on taking action against the Secretary of the DHS for issuing the memorandums to execute the action.
“Most of the 20 states participating in the lawsuit are in the South and the Midwest....”
The Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, joined the lawsuit last week.
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