Posted on 12/08/2014 1:39:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Eighteen states, led by Texas, filed a lawsuit today with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas challenging President Obama's executive action on immigration. The suit claims that the White House overstepped its authority by granting amnesty and work permits for 5 million illegal aliens.
After filing the federal suit, Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect Greg Abbott wrote in a statement that President Obama's executive amnesty "tramples the U.S. Constitution's Take Care Clause and federal law."
Also included in Attorney General Abbott's statement were the states' legal challenges to President Obama's executive action:
The other states involved in the suit include: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
UPDATE: Arizona has joined the lawsuit. In a statement, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said, "Obama has exceeded his power as clearly defined in the United States Constitution and federal law and deliberately ignored the will of the American people. Such federal overreach cannot stand."
Florida has joined the lawsuit. In a statement, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "The President repeatedly said he would not violate the law, then decided to do just that. The powers granted to the President are expressly laid out in the United States Constitution, yet President Obama has decided to ignore those parameters."
Read the full lawsuit
For more on this story, read the Wall Street Journal
Quick!!!
Somebody call the WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHmbulance!!! Landrieu lost...!!!
This Pennsy Rebel salutes the fine people of Louisiana...
God Bless the South...
Eartick!!!
WOOF!
What’s up Dawg Pound Brother?
Because Mary Fallin is a GOPe turd.
I think you’re right.
SEE HERE:
Arizona, Florida and Ohio join multi-state lawsuit over President Obama’s immigration order
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235107/posts?page=38#38
Who was that masked man/freeper?
I remember the freeper finding it, but can’t remember their name :0
xzins
Waiting for Alaska to chime in...
Waiting for Alaska to chime in...
The same: Why do I not see Alaska on this list?
Heard today that 31 states are controlled by Republican majorities. If that is the case, then 19 states signing on to this lawsuit is low by 12.
Agree.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235107/posts?page=38#38
Xzins, kudos to you for finding this info!
Bookmarking....
Tennessee? Kentucky? I wouldn’t be surprised if that list grows more and more.
Ah, that makes sense.
Thank you. This second bullet might have its source in another occasion when one of our laws says that SS can’t undergo executive changes without Congressional review.
The one section I found was in the Simpson/Mazzoli act (Naturalization Act of 1986) that says employers hiring illegals cannot be supported by executive action permitting the illegals access to SS cards, or any card, giving them SS access without “up to” 2 years of Congressional review.
Obviously, Congress can choose to ignore or waive that review, but one would hope it had to be a public waiver and not a secret one, something John Boehner just might be prone to doing.
This might be why Obama hasn’t issued an executive order and is trying to do this via a memorandum from a department head.
Go here: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324a
-——The suit claims that the White House overstepped its authority by granting amnesty and work permits for 5 million illegal aliens.-——
Where is the evidence, the signed document, granting the amnesty?
This thread indicates there is no such actual document
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235261/posts
interesting indeed. I have been concerned about this. NumbersUSA has implied that once the IA is given a SS# its hard to turn back. Then we learn of Obama’s 1k workers in a VA. facility for fast processing. I called Rep. Poe’s office yesterday and raised the point with the aide. He admitted that once this process occurs its much like Obamacare in turning back...
I’m trying to figure out if the litigation can short-circuit this process somehow or overturn should they prevail?
The law I linked to specifically prevents, PRE-THWARTS, any attempt by a president to use an executive order in this area. That was thought of in that law, apparently, as a possible end around Congress on this matter.
Congress must insist on their right to review. The president would have no recourse, and anything he had done would be null and void. If the Congress waives its right to review, then we will have been betrayed. There would be no other way to look at it.
A better headline would be “19 States Draft Articles of Secession”
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