Another Presidential Power Play: Why Obama's Immigration Plans Are Still Unconstitutional
President Obama has a penchant for presidential power plays.
He has been following his own playbook since January 2014 when he declared: “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone” – his promise to do all that he could to bypass Congress – relying on Executive Orders and actions instead of legislation.
Now, a federal appeals court has struck a critical blow against his strategy to unilaterally “change” the nation’s immigration laws. Monday, a majority of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the president’s unprecedented and unlawful power-grab.
The Fifth Circuit ruled that President Obama’s executive overreach that unilaterally rewrote the law without congressional consent is unconstitutional, unlawful, and violates the separation of powers. . . .
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