Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: ‘Federal Judge Just Granted My Request to Halt Obama’s Executive Amnesty

The Blaze ^ | 2/16/2015 | Jason Howerton

[sheikdetailfeather]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday night that a federal judge has “granted” his request to “halt” President Barack Obama’s “Executive Amnesty Order” across the country.

Abbott didn’t immediately offer any other details, but promised for information later.

BREAKING: Federal Judge just granted my request to halt Obama's Executive Amnesty Order Nationwide. More later. #txlege #tcot @TexasGOP

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 17, 2015

[Steelfish]

Andrew Scott Hanen (born 1953) is a United States federal judge.

Hanen was born in Elgin, Illinois, but was raised in Waco, Texas. He received a B.A., with honors, from Denison University in 1975 and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in 1978, where he graduated first in his class. He was a briefing attorney to the Hon. Joe Greenhill, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, from 1978 to 1979. He was then in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1979 to 1993.

In 1992, Hanen was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to be a United States District Judge, but the nomination lapsed.[1] On January 23, 2002, he was again nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Filemon Vela, Sr.. Hanen was confirmed by a 97-0 vote of the United States Senate on May 9, 2002,[2] and received his commission on May 10, 2002.

[weston]

Abbott for president

[Zeppo]

(In a typically petulant Obama voice):

“How many divisions does that Federal judge have?”

[Ray76]

[WildHighlander57]

According to the WND article, the judge said the injunction is until:

“a final resolution of the merits of this case
or
until a further order of this court,
the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
or the United States Supreme Court,”

Further down in the article it says the Fifth Circuit is conservative-leaning.

[onyx]

B T T T ! ! ! ©

[sheikdetailfeather]

Oh THAT is good news!!

[jsanders2001]

Keep your fingers crossed. I think some key people may have presented and proved the whole amnesty thing was pre-planned and staged to the right ears. The King will not be happy.

[MaxMax]

No kidding, I’m stunned.

[WildHighlander57]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3258293/posts?page=45#45

there are two other courts to which this could go.

[Guenevere]

huge bttt!

[Ray76]

Double huge bttt!!!

Drudge needs to pick this up

[maine-iac7]

“The judge also explained the defendants will be allowed to “reapproach this court for relief from this order, in the time period between the date of this order and the trial on the merits,...”

Now, DRAG IT OUT til the duck has limped out of the White Hut...

[Empireoftheatom48]

Yes, but this is a lawless administration, and who is going to impeach Ostupid? With the MSM on their side, I think they will ignore it or find some way to spin out of it.

[JohnBrowdie]

yep. when the planet finally implodes, crosses the event horizon into a black hole, collides with a comet, or is simply blown up by it’s inhabitants, the last noise it utters to the universe before it winks out of existence will be from this web site, and it will be, “see? told you so”.

[jsanders2001]

> WND EXCLUSIVE
Federal judge halts Obama’s amnesty orders
Government ‘hereby enjoined from implementing any and all aspects’
Published: 32 mins ago

And federal goons will be waiting at that federal judges office tomorrow when it opens with 0’s attorneys. That federal judge better get himself some heavyhanded protection because there are criminal elements in this country that align themselves with His Highness.

[OneWingedShark]

CWII Spark Ping — If the government smacks this down, people'll be pissed.

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icwhatudo:
I wonder which it will be this time:

• Another judge will rule the states have no standing OR
• Because Obama never actually signed an order they can not sue to stop it

See my Post #40 on how the gov could throw a wrench into that.

Theodore R.:
Don’t jump to conclusions. The liberals always win in the end.

Ok, given a governor actually having the stones to declare invasion and call up the militia / National Guard, then demanding that the federal government honor US Constitution Art 4, Sec 4, there are three possible responses from the federal government:

1. Give such aid.
   This would be quite politically embarrassing for the portion of the government which is unapologetically open-border, and considering that they make up a not insignificant portion yields this to be a very unlikely scenario.
2. Withhold aid and attempt to remain neutral.
   This is very likely the policy which will be chosen. It would not be embarrassing to the open-border crowd, and it would not be overtly siding with foreign nationals against Citizens, yet it would not be very kind to them either, as it would prove that the Federal government has no intention of upholding its obligations; this will add much support to the 10^TH Amendment/State’s-Rights/Article V movements.
3. Act against the State
   This is the most interesting alternative as any action against the State, whether it be executive, legislative, or judicial would be giving aid and comfort to the enemies of one of the Several States: that is it would be Treason, and very easily provable so. Not even the Supreme Court could resist: for if they did then they would obviously be attempting to act in a manner both superior to and contrary to the Constitution and they are not given the power to amend the Constitution.

[Luke21]

“The liberals always win in the end.”

They win about 90 percent of the time. Much higher the last 25 years.

[jsanders2001]

> We owe Greg Abbott a great big boatload of thanks.

We also need to hit the phones this morning in Congress and get the Senate Dems off their rear ends.

You wouldn’t have see this with Wendy Davis in office. Gregg Abbott needs your support. He’s one of the good guys.

[kristinn]

Link to Scribd file of ruling.