King Barry will not be amused A federal judge has found parts of President Obama’s new deportation amnesty to be unconstitutional, issuing a scathing memo Tuesday accusing him of usurping Congress’s power to make laws, and dismantling most of the White House’s legal reasoning for circumventing Congress. Judge Arthur J. Schwab, sitting in the western district of Pennsylvania, said presidents do have powers to use discretion in deciding how to
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December 3, 2014
States act while Congress dithers on Obama’s unilateral amnesty orders [Darleen Click]
A coalition of 17 states files lawsuit AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is leading a 17-state coalition in suing over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration. Many top Republicans have denounced President Barack Obama’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 Wednesday, filing a lawsuit
November 22, 2014
Obama’s amnesty is like Lincoln’s freeing of the slaves … or something … [Darleen Click]
The spin ramps up … Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation provides the foundational precedent for President Obama’s executive order on immigrants in the country illegally. […] Particulars in Obama’s proclamation may well be changed by Americans over time. But like Lincoln’s, its provisional and limited character will have a democracy-forcing effect — spurring officials and citizens to more actively engage in a constitutional dialogue. Rather than refusing to follow the Constitution
November 19, 2014
Obamnesty — fundamentally transforming America into a neo-feudal state [Darleen Click]
Barry to give American citizens the middle-finger tomorrow .. President Obama will announce Thursday that he will use his executive authority to expand temporary protections to millions of undocumented immigrants, according to several individuals who have been briefed on the decision. Obama will travel to Las Vegas on the heels of that announcement to rally support for his initiative on Friday. […] The president is preparing to use his executive
June 15, 2012
Obama’s Executive Order to by-pass Congress and establish much of the DREAM act [Darleen Click]
Amnesty! WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year initiative addresses a top priority of an influential Latino electorate that has been vocal in its opposition to administration deportation policies. The policy change, described to The Associated Press by two senior administration officials, will affect