Texas Urges Supreme Court to Reject Appeal on Obama’s Immigration Program

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/us...n-program.html

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WASHINGTON — Texas urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday not to consider an appeal on President Obama’s immigration program, arguing that lower courts had properly rejected the administration’s “sweeping and unprecedented assertion of executive authority.”

White House lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which blocked Mr. Obama’s plan to protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation and give them work permits.

But in a brief filed Tuesday with the court, Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, argued that Congress had passed immigration laws and that the Obama administration was claiming “the power to ignore these statutes and unilaterally deem lawful the presence of any unauthorized alien it chooses not to remove.”

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The brief argues that Texas has the right to take the administration to court because the president’s plan to give undocumented immigrants a “legal presence” would force Texas to spend money, as a state law makes driver’s licenses available to anyone who is in the country legally.

Texas has taken the lead in challenging Mr. Obama’s immigration actions on behalf of 26 states. In the brief, Mr. Paxton also argued that the immigration overhaul, which the president announced in November 2014, did not go through the notice and comment procedures required for major rule changes by government agencies.

“The Fifth Circuit’s decision is correct,” the brief says, adding that blocking the president’s immigration plan is “necessary to uphold the separation of powers and ensure the proper functioning of the administrative state.”

The Supreme Court may announce as early as next month whether it will consider the case in its current term. If it agrees to do so, the justices could announce a decision near the end of their term this summer.

DACA-IR-DA · DACA-IR-DA

When in January?

IamAman · IamAman

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Originally Posted by DACA-IR-DA

When in January?

Let's go with 15th

DACA-IR-DA · DACA-IR-DA

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Let's go with 15th

Good one

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Demise · Demise

Well they are desperate. They got out of the Kangaroo courts and this will be first and last fair trial this case will have. Especially since Supreme Court has a relatively liberal majority. I expect a 5-4 ruling that this is fine.

In all honesty the administration should've just let this die in Hanen's court and basically say that anywhere else is outside the court's jurisdiction. We'd lose the uninhabited North Texas, big whoop.

DACA-IR-DA · DACA-IR-DA

Could it come this week?

Pianoswithoutfaith · Pianoswithoutfaith

Could it be what week ?

pink · pink

I will repeat what I have always said "They aint got Sh!t!" they claimed obama was wrong, Why are they not confident enough to let the supreme court rule on it? They are begging SCOTUS not to take the case? This alone reaffirms they don't have two legs to stand on. The only play was "running out the clock" or hope and pray that luck will deal them a good hand in who decides the case at SCOTUS.

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Could it be what week ?

Could it be that week?

Pianoswithoutfaith · Pianoswithoutfaith

Which week ?

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