Posted on 03/01/2020 1:18:57 PM PST by Reno89519
A federal judge ruled that Ken Cuccinelli, who previously headed the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), was unlawfully appointed to run the agency.
D.C. District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee, decided the Trump administration violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act when Cuccinelli, the current deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was appointed to lead USCIS in June 2019.
He also ruled that Cuccinelli’s policy that accelerated the screenings for immigrants seeking asylum should be eliminated, according to the ruling obtained by The Hill.
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act regulates who the president can put in certain Cabinet and agency roles. President Trump’s administration created Cuccinelli’s first title, principal deputy director, in order for him to qualify to lead the agency in an interim status.
The judge ruled this title creation did not qualify him for the position.
“Cuccinelli may have the title of Principal Deputy Director, and the Department of Homeland Security’s order of succession may designate the office of the Principal Deputy Director as the first assistant’ to the Director,” he wrote. “But labels — without any substance — cannot satisfy the FVRA’s default rule under any plausible reading of the statute.”
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Wonder if this applies to the ‘Kenyan interloper’?
WTF? This is the dumbest Democrat I’ve ever heard.
Is that going to be a precedent for undoing Obama’s acts and appointments?
I presume we will see an immediate appeal? Otherwise nearly a year of actions will need to be revisited?
I guess Our President should have proclaimed him a “czar”. That worked well for barry.
Hmmm.... I wonder if this Obama judge would apply the same reasoning to all the legislation and executive orders that NON-NATURAL-BORN-CITIZEN Obama signed as president? Including ALL his Judicial appointments?
It’s amazing how much damage Yale law school has done to our nation.
It should!
Not a coincidence these asylum related decisions are happening now...
the deep state wants maximum chaos on the southern border with the coronavirus.
Exactly. He is not a Cabinet member, he is a czar with more powers than anyone can imagine.
Caliph Baraq had a lot of his cronies on the govt payroll as czars, for sure.
I never could figure out why they weren’t called potentates.
Obama appointee, more of the sh## left behind
“..an Obama appointee,...”
The fool Roberts says there is no such thing.
Tell the judge to go pound sand.
The President gets to appoint whom he chooses.
“...It’s amazing how much damage Yale law school has done to our nation....”
It’s amazing how much damage 8 years of the asshole Kenyan has done to our nation.
Appoint Ken Cuccinelli permanent Director and confirm him in the Senate overnight. I think that’s a poker move.
What a load of BS. Another jackass Judge.
Who has standing to bring this type of case anyway?
This is all the Senate’s fault anyways. They should just be confirming his cabinet without issue and it should be fast
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