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Deadlocked Supreme Court blocks Obama on immigration
[THEHILL] The Supreme Court dealt a critical blow to President B.O.'s immigration policies on Thursday, deadlocking in a 4-4 decision over two controversial programs the White House wants to implement.The tied vote leaves in place a lower court ruling that blocks a program allowing undocumented im It also prevents the administration from otherwise expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program issued by Obama in 2012. This is the most prominent Supreme Court case to stall in a 4-4 tie, and it raises the stakes further in this fall's presidential election. After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February, Obama nominated federal Judge Merrick Garland to the court. But Senate Republicans, even before that nomination, said they would not hold a vote or a hearing for anyone nominated by Obama, arguing the pivotal vote on the high court should be determined by the next president. The White House and Democrats in Congress have howled in rage over that move, and Thursday's decision will increase tensions over the Senate blockade. Obama in an appearance from the White House press briefing room decried what he called the "lack" of a decision by the eight-justice court. "The fact the Supreme Court wasn’t able to issue a decision today doesn’t just set the system back even further, it takes us further back from the country we want to be," he said. Sen. Dick Durbin ...Senator-for-Life from Illinois and Democratic Party Whip. In April 2006, Time magazine identified Durbin as one of America's 10 Best Senators,so what's that tell you? He was the first United States Senator to support the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois.... (D-Ill.) blasted the GOP Senate majority for failing to consider Garland in comments on the Supreme Court's steps. "This 4-4 decision is clear evidence we need nine justices on the court," Durbin said. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-24 |
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