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Obama To Take Immigration Battle To Supreme Court After Yet Another Legal Setback
President Obama’s push to shield non-violent immigrants from deportation has run into some trouble this year.
Back in May, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that an executive order on immigration designed to prevent the deportation of undocumented immigrants would remain on hold in the face objections from no less than 26 Republican state governors.
As we said at the time, “this sets up a potential Supreme Court case which could end up pushing a final ruling on the matter into mid-2016, an outcome that would almost certainly cause the issue to become even more of a political hot button than it already is.”
That was before the rise of The Donald.
In other words, we had no idea how right we were.
The GOP sees Obama’s executive order as an example of executive overreach (which some lawmakers claim has become a defining characteristic of the administration) while The White House says it is by no means out of bounds for the President to ask Homeland Security to exercise an appropriate level of discretion prior to deporting immigrants with US family connections.
Following the setback, we noted that Obama would attempt to make a stronger case for the overhaul but we also said that route jeopardized the program’s implementation because regardless of whether the President won on appeal, the case could eventually end up before the Supreme Court anyway, setting up the difficult proposition of attempting to create a complex bureaucratic infrastructure with a Lame Duck commander in chief.
Well sure enough, the High Court it will be. Here’s The Times:
President Obama will ask the Supreme Court to clear the way for his long-delayed immigration overhaul, administration lawyers said Tuesday, setting up another high-stakes legal contest in the nation’s highest court over the fate of one of the president’s signature achievements.
The Department of Justice said in a statement that it will appeal a federal appeals court ruling that blocked Mr. Obama’s plan to provide work permits to as many as five million undocumented immigrants while shielding most of them from deportation.
“The Department of Justice remains committed to taking steps that will resolve the immigration litigation as quickly as possible in order to allow DHS to bring greater accountability to our immigration system by prioritizing the removal of the worst offenders, not people who have long ties to the United States and who are raising American children,” said Patrick Rodenbush, a spokesman for the Justice Department. “The Department disagrees with the Fifth Circuit’s adverse ruling and intends to seek further review from the Supreme Court of the United States. “
A ruling from the Supreme Court, which could come by next summer, is likely to be the last chance for Mr. Obama to begin carrying out the plan — known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans — before handing the presidency to his successor in 2017, possibly to a Republican who could refuse to move forward.
On Monday, a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 against the administration, keeping in place a ban on the president’s actions that was imposed by a federal district court judge in Texas last February.

And a bit more from Politico:
Obama's latest round of executive actions has been on hold since February, and delay in the issuance of the appeals court's ruling was raising doubt about whether the Supreme Court would have an opportunity to resolve the case in time to allow Obama to move forward with the programs before leaving office.
The release of the 5th Circuit decision Monday appears to allow the Supreme Court enough time to take up the dispute this term, if the justices choose to wade into the issue. A favorable Supreme Court ruling would permit the administration to implement the executive actions next summer.
The stage is thus set and this means that if Trump gets the GOP nomination, you'll be in for some real fireworks surrounding any SCOTUS decision on Obama's immigration stance.
Of course everyone pushing for wholesale deportation may want to be careful, because after all, there's jobs growth to worry about...
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So who's going to pay for all this litigation?
Oh, US? Thanks again Chalky.
pods
"zebra" - george jefferson
oh gee, i wonder which way SCOTUS will go on this one ?
>>>> Obama : Traitor
>>>> Obama : Patriot
The Obama ball lickers are the exact ones who are hurt the most by Obama's policies. Morons.
And who writes this crap: "President Obama’s push to shield non-violent immigrants?" They are ILLEGAL immigrants ILLEGALLY in the country, ILLEGALLY taking jobs from people LEGALLY in the country who need work.
The story typists keep calling them immigrants, giving the impression that non-leftist people want LEGAL immigrants deported. Frick'n lying "news" corporations.
They must think they still have solid leverage on Roberts.
Obama will not finish his second term!
http://motivationdose.com/is-america-babylon/
Well this is the way the Founding Fathers intended it to work right? Five gov't employees wearing robes will render a legal OPINION that somehow becomes the law of the land and it's based mostly on political ideology rather than actual law. I'm sure they intended to have so much power handed to such a small number of unelected people who are given life tenure.
Oh, and the Fuhrer just can't hate America enough, can he?
Dateline June 10 2016: In a stunning legal development, John Roberts sides again with "liberal" members of the court saying Obama's lack of enforcement of existing current US law is completely legal and goes one step further in declaring all illegals are now legal, adding in a statement "Only legal, taxpaying citizens need passports, visa's or identification to cross the national border, the documents are strictly a federal government revenue stream anyways." to the majority opinion.
In other news, up to one million people claiming to be illegal Canadians & Swedes have created traffic jams around all US international airports and along the Mexican border with reports coming in that the freeways are jammed with still more.
His kids are strong leverage.
Lets face it, you will never be nominated for anything unless they have the goods on
you,whether you know it or not at that point.
They must have the goods on every one of the Secret Service people who manage.to get close to Ogabe.
why are you beating around the bush? just come out and say it for those who haven't heard.
roberts children were illegally adopted from a baby mill and they have him by the balls.
and for that he's willing to sell out 300 Million people and two hundred years of history, over, and over, and over again.
You need to check your racist sexist homophobic xenophobic white male privilege.
Oh you did check? And it's doing just fine you say?
You, uh...you what? ..... You mean to tell me that getting up and going to a job 5 days a week and being responsible with my finances and behavior toward others will do what for me....?
JUST GIMMIE FREE SHIT
You want to know how this ends? Come to Euorpe's Capitol shithole, Brussels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTekA7n1sQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1T_15IDAg8
More commonly known as "Rapeistan".
>> Obama Queer : Catcher
>> Obama straight : pitcher
By now, Justice Roberts no longer has to be reminded of whatever they hold over him, so he should be quite pliable when needed.
If there is an inconvenient part of the Constitution you want to eviscerate, you take it to the Supreme Court.
Actually you can't call them 'parents of american citizens' even if the baby was born in the US. The whole concept of the 'anchor baby' is false. Mark Levin talked about this issue a while back.
Obama’s foreign born illegal immigrant population will turn America into a third world country…
Take a look around, we're already there.
Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, Memphis, St Louis, Philly, Baltimore, New Orleans, etc....
"Shitholes Across America"
...California
The places you mention are third world shitholes thanks to native born folks. Even the illegals don't go there. They make their own third world shitholes in other places like pretty much any place in the southwestern US south of Interstate 80.
If you want your border, you can keep your border.
Taking it to the rubber stamping Suckpremo's. Work's like a charm every time,,, the Suckpremo's 'find' it's constitutional and all the griping quits,,, everybody moves on the the next gripe.
Return to the line above.
"everyone pushing for wholesale deportation may want to be careful, because after all, there's jobs growth to worry about"
what jobs growth?! WE'VE BEEN IN AN EVER-WORSENING RECESSION / DEPRESSION SINCE KING PUTT TOOK OFFICE!!!
This woul be a moot decision, except for the fact that the Administration, has some really good dirt on a couple of the black robes...
Obama hates the white man.
Hell,,, whites hate white men.White men are the most despised race/sex on the planet.
It is their fault for every known and unknown.
Not hwne he's sucking one's schlong
President Obama’s push to shield non-violent immigrants from deportation has run into some trouble this year.
President Obama's push to consolidate the Hispanic vote solidly with the Democratic Party before the 2016 elections is doing very well this year.
There will never be mass deportations. Never.
Why don't they look up Obozo's immigration papers while their at it.
It only took him 6 years to photo shop a BC. Media embraced it.
"The GOP sees Obama’s executive order as an example of executive overreach"
Lying fuckers. They're just as guilty as he is. The GOP is pissed because he gets all the credit will the illegals.
The frontman for the Tribe, B.O.
90% of US Naturalizations from 3rd World
The NRA will fall. It’s inevitable. Just look at the demographics. The Washington Post, October 19, 2015
by Adam Winkler professor at UCLA School of Law
More than 160 Asian-American Groups File Briefs in Support of Affirmative Action
Emil Guillermo, NBC News, November 3, 2015
More than 160 Asian American and Pacific Islander groups have filed amicus briefs calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action policies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Federal 'welcome' guide for new immigrants touts welfare in 14 languages
First GOP Immigration Bill Under Ryan Would Lift Cap On Low-Skilled Foreign Workers
'MOST' ILLEGAL TEENS LOST IN USA
New information from a variety of sources further demonstrates that the Obama administration's handling of the continuing influx of illegal Central American family and youth border-crossers has been nothing short of a disaster. Government agencies and NGO contractors have lost track of most of the youth who have been released (or escaped) from shelters. Immigration court records show that about half of the "unaccompanied" alien children (UACs) do not appear for immigration court hearings. A recent murder of one UAC in Virginia by three others is a reminder that some of the kids are involved in gangs. And, because we let them, they keep coming; the number of new arrivals spiked again at the end of the summer, with twice as many Central American youth and families arriving in September 2015 as arrived in September 2014.
OBAMA TO DEFY COURT ON AMNESTY
3 MILLION MORE REFUGEES ON THE WAY
SWEDEN: Muslim Migrants Let Off With Wrist Slap For Violent Gang Rape of White Swedish woman
Professor Kevin MacDonald’s ‘The Culture of Critique’ Reviewed
Just like Henry Winkler, who knew Fonzie was a joo too!
Oooooooooooooooyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Just doesn't sound as cool
Obama:
" Why won't they let me destroy this Country as I see fit "
Worst president in the History of this Nation, makes Shrub look like a Nobel Peace Prize Genius...Oh wait.
Out of 38 developed nations, only two grant immediate citizenship at birth.
Canada and Guess who?
The following are among the nations repealing Birthright Citizenship in recent years:
From: https://www.numbersusa.com/content/learn/issues/birthright-citizenship/n...
NZ and parts of Australia are still pretty nice but massively overpriced. Wait befor eyou move there for the collapse and house prices fall 50-70%...that'll be a good time to buy/move there.
Another Civil War is inevitable. Probably in my lifetime which is another 20 years or so. The only question is how hot it will be.
There's really an easy way out for the states. Just give the illegals their benefits the same way Illinois pays their lottery winners.
Rescind everything!
I didn't vote for any of them.
Well, I love Josh Earnest. I can see Herr Ernst on the railway platform greeting what's left of the American middle class to separate those who can still work from the one who will go straight to the gas chambers.
The Marxist in Chief won't stop until he gets what he wants cause he's a meglomaniac and he knows what's best for us.
I've been disgusted with some prior POTUS but this guy continues to elevate himself well above the competition with each passing day.
Easy solution. Strictly enforce the existing labor laws.
Who better than a Constitutional Lawyer to find ways to usurp the constitution??
The most traitorous administration imaginable. Bent on the destruction of their own country from the inside out and the outside in. Bent to the task inexorably. Just appalling to behold.
Historically, bitter half breeds cause lots of problems.
American people are sick to death of hearing about immigrants. Really we should follow Mexico's strict immigration laws, but that would somehow be rayciss:
If you are a poorfag, you can't come in. Mexico has enough poorfags already, thanks.
If you marry a foreigner, the green card takes less than 30 days to get and basically amounts to a criminal background check and verifying the veracity of your marriage documents (it takes 1-2 years to get it in the USA). The green card is good for 3 years and must be renewed.
If you are caught being illegal, they beat you, put you in a sack, and dump you in Guatemala. They deport about 100K illegals every year. The minute they confirm your identity, they deport you. There is no appeal. There is no asylum. You're an illegal? Neat, go fuck yourself.
If you try to influence politics, which includes bitching about the government or protesting because you don't get enough gibsmedat, you are going right the fuck home. If you commit a crime, you are going right the fuck home. If you came on a marriage visa and get divorced, you are going right the fuck home. If you came on a work visa and lose your job, you are going right the fuck home. Basically, if you aren't there to contribute, you can fucking go home because fuck you.
Entering Mexico illegally is a felony (it is a misdemeanor in the USA).
Mexico's southern border is heavily policed. There are 5000 police for a border of less than 600 miles.
Any foreign national who acquires Mexican citizenship and later demonstrates loyalty to a foreign state or presents himself as a foreigner is stripped of his citizenship and sent the fuck home.
Even if you're trying to get asylum legally, they give it to fewer than 300 people a year, so good luck building that clock in Tijuana, Ahmed.
http://therightstuff.biz/2015/10/22/america-should-be-like-mexico/
"The GOP sees Obama’s executive order as an example of executive overreach (which some lawmakers claim has become a defining characteristic of the administration) while The White House says it is by no means out of bounds for the President to ask Homeland Security to exercise an appropriate level of discretion prior to deporting immigrants with US family connections.
Evidently the Judges also did too.As they stated Obama's Executive power did not give HIM the ability to MAKE LAWS by EO, but to apply them,not MAKE them.
IOW's his own MOUTH cost him the opportunity, the narcissitic prick.
Just follow the law!!!
The Executive Branch otherwise known as Administration. You job is to administrate.
Congress is Legislative Branch. Their job is to legislate. This is who writes laws.
Obama is willingly breaking his oath of office. They should just impeach his ass.
I hope to God that the Supreme Court refuses to hear the case.
SCOTUS will rule against the indiginous white folks, too much privalage already. It's been preconditioned in our fine institutions of higher re-education.
WAY past bedtime for Bonzo... aren't there any Marines left who take their OATH seriously?
IF Obama wins this, he will effectively increase the executive power of an incoming Trump -- and Trump will use it. The Dems might not find that to their taste.
Bring 'em all in and give 'em bennies...
"The Obama administration has released an updated welcome guide for new immigrants in the U.S. featuring detailed sections about obtaining public benefits including food stamps, welfare, and Obamacare."
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/09/feds-welcome-guide-ne...