The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: Obama Rejected

May 27, 2015

Tuesday  26 May 2015  / Hour 1, Block D: James Taranto, Wall Street Journal, in re:  Fifth Circuit  Court of Appeals (New Orleans) denied lifting the stay of the Obama immigration policy, which won’t take effect before the 2016 election. Decided purely on procedural grounds, will wok its way though courts.   Administration touted it as a major change in policy – but a lot of it is memos from DHS, nugatory.  Court said: this was a significant enough change that the DHS was obliged to have a notice and comment period – open it up to notice and comments, but by that time, there'll be another election First, WH will probably try to appeal this to the Supreme Court, but there's every incentive to let it play out politically.  Celebrating our Constitution:  The Executive proposed bypassing the Legislative; Judiciary said no.  LK: I wanted a pound of flesh regarding the Executive overreach. Even liberals like Jonathan Turley agreed.  JT: The Executive has a certain amount of [jurisdiction] in [some immigration] matters. LK:  Marco Rubio made a strong speech against same-sex marriage, "Armageddon for Christianity"  – this is catering and pandering to a specialized audience.