Judge upholds DACA - despite the fact that Obama himself acknowledged its illegality

Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 6 months ago to Politics
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This judge needs to be impeached. When then-Presdent Barack Obama initiated the DACA program it was illegal! Obama - a lawyer himself - had even acknowledged prior to that time that he, himself, did not have the legal authority to make unilateral changes to immigration policy. This judge's arguments are irrelevant if the underlying policy itself is indefensible.


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  • Posted by DeangalvinFL 7 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good idea.
    Pipe dream to implement but how true that impeachment is ineffective.
    An automatic mechanism would work much better. Senate would still have to do their job and authorize but it would let the Senators off the hook politically. They could say we are just supporting the higher level judges.
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  • Posted by $ 7 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've always wondered about putting in an automatic review as part of a judge's "good standing" - where if they have a certain number of their opinions overturned by a higher court in a given year - especially if the higher court votes unanimously to overturn - they are automatically subject to re-confirmation hearings by the Senate. This mostly because in practice, Impeachment has been shown to be ineffective due to partisan bickering.
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  • Posted by mminnick 7 years, 6 months ago
    The judge figured that he could over rule the constitution using the two wrongs make a RIGHT. (Pun intended.) I really hope that the appellate or Supreme court swmaks this down including a censure of the judge for being stupid.
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