Yes. This is where we are now. I'm not sure how anyone thinks we are anything but a banana republic when it comes to how our government operates now.
There are now eighteen states and the District of Columbia lined up to challenge the executive order by President Donald Trump to rescind the Obama order giving insurance companies billions in subsidies . . . without an appropriation of Congress. As explained below, this challenge advances a rather curious claim that Trump cannot rescind an earlier order found to be flagrantly unconstitutional by a federal court[:]
There appears no end to the villainy of President Trump. This week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra denounced Trump as nothing short of a saboteur while members have lined up before cameras to denounce his latest executive order as tantamount to murder.
His offense? He rescinded an unconstitutional order by President Obama and restored the authority of Congress over the “power of the purse.” The response to what Becerra called “sabotage” has been a call for a rather curious challenge where Democrats want the judicial branch to enjoin the executive branch from recognizing the inherent authority of the legislative branch. It is an institutional act that would have baffled the Framers. ....
Link: Dems Challenge Trump's Right To Rescind Obama Order That A Federal Court Declared Unconstitutional
help out before it goes to the SCOTUS on the fast track where only Ginsberg and Sotomoyer will dissent.
That in and of itself is hardly a reason not to challenge it.
And they will lose. Again, so what?
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My point was that one district court opinion even by a respected judge is not a reason not to challenge it if you believe you are correct.
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and the 9th Circuit is the Sun Belt Conference
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This is the one I was thinkin of
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/travel-ban-3-0-blocked/index.html