Judge rules Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to run immigration agency

The Hill ^ | March 1, 2020 | Justine Coleman

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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.”

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Tailor-made for an impersonation by Dana Carvey.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Since she was defending Obozocare as solicitor general, Kagan should have recused herself from that landmark case that Roberts screwed up, among other. But Thomas should have as well, given that his wife Virginia was active against the law.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

This judge is a himbo, not a bimbo.

[Albion Wilde]

So now Cuccinelli's a genuine subordinate, right? So he or Edlow can just issue the edicts again, and they'll be fine. So long, Obama judge.

Great insight! Hope it turns out that way. Conservatives have to stop bowing to these rogue judges. Where are their armies?

[fightin kentuckian]

“It’s amazing how much damage Yale law school has done to our nation.”

I thought I was the only one who thought like that. I’ve felt for a long time that Yale and Harvard and most other Ivy League school alum have really messed up America.

If I were King for a day I’d yank all of their gov funding and then I’d appoint people, not only to judgeships, from all other schools, especially SEC, to gov positions. This would go a long way to draining the swamp and greatly reducing influence of the “elites”.