{"id":22015,"date":"2014-12-03T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=22015"},"modified":"2014-12-03T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:27:33","slug":"texas-launches-17-state-lawsuit-against-obama%e2%80%99s-immigration-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/22015\/texas-launches-17-state-lawsuit-against-obama%e2%80%99s-immigration-amnesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Launches 17-State Lawsuit Against Obama\u2019s Immigration Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Greg Abbott!<\/p>\n<p>In my column this week I mention that Abbott, the newly elected Republican Governor of Texas, would file a <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/58-immigration\/2391-how-much-will-obamas-immigration-amnesty-cost-your-state \" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama\u2019s unilateral and unconstitutional order<\/a> granting temporary amnesty and work permits to as many as five million illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Alone, Texas\u2019 lawsuit would have generated more attention than most challenges to federal action. But with the inclusion of sixteen other states, it\u2019s sure to get a very serious look from the conservative-leaning federal Fifth Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/apnews.myway.com\/article\/20141203\/us--immigration-texas-0e6478e753.html \" target=\"_blank\">My Way News<\/a>, \u201cThe lawsuit raises three objections: that Obama violated the \u2018Take Care Clause\u2019 of the U.S. Constitution that limits the scope of presidential power; that the federal government violated rulemaking procedures; and that the order will \u2018exacerbate the humanitarian crisis along the southern border, which will affect increased state investment in law enforcement, health care and education.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the lawsuit can overcome an important legal technicality \u2013 and former Justice Department lawyers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/393215\/how-check-president-john-yoo-robert-delahunty \" target=\"_blank\">John Yoo and Robert Delahunty<\/a> think it can \u2013 then this super-suit may, in time, serve as a Texas-sized roadblock to federal overreach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Greg Abbott! In my column this week I mention that Abbott, the newly elected Republican Governor of Texas, would file a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama\u2019s unilateral and unconstitutional order granting temporary amnesty and work permits to as many as five million illegal immigrants. Alone, Texas\u2019 lawsuit would have generated more attention than most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[515,143,1464,874,4618,981,561],"class_list":["post-22015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-amnesty","tag-barack-obama","tag-border","tag-executive-order","tag-greg-abbott","tag-immigration","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22015"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22019,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22015\/revisions\/22019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}