Obama Halts Immigration Amnesty Push in Court, Bows to Incoming Trump Administration
Posted: November 19, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Law & Justice, Politics, White House | Tags: 2016, Advice and consent, Barack Obama, Brendan Dassey, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeff Sessions, Supreme Court of the United States, United States courts of appeals, United States Department of Justice |1 Comment
In documents filed with a federal judge in Texas the Justice Department said that in light of the new management that will take over next year, the case should be suspended.
“Given the change in Administration, the parties jointly submit that a brief stay of any further litigation in this Court before beginning any further proceedings would serve judicial efficiency and economy so that the parties have a better understanding of how they might choose to move forward.”
In documents filed with a federal judge in Texas the Justice Department said that in light of the new management that will take over next year, the case should be suspended.
[Read the full story here, at Washington Times]
“Accordingly, the parties respectfully submit that further proceedings on the merits of this case, including the submission of a schedule for resolving the merits, should be stayed until February 20, 2017,” the Justice Department and lawyers for Texas said in a joint request of Judge Andrew S. Hanen.
Judge Hanen had halted Mr. Obama’s expanded amnesty in February 2015, just two days before it was to go into effect, ruling that the administration broke administrative law. An appeals court twice upheld his injunction, as did the Supreme Court, in a 4-4 deadlock decision this summer.
The injunction remains in place while Judge Hanen was to hear full arguments — but both sides now say President-elect Trump should have the chance to weigh in.
“Given the change in Administration, the parties jointly submit that a brief stay of any further litigation in this Court before beginning any further proceedings would serve judicial efficiency and economy so that the parties have a better understanding of how they might choose to move forward,” both sides said…(read more)
Source: Washington Times
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