Well, the thing is that he never actually signed any executive order.
He gave that speech, said he was going to do it, then never did it.
So I’m not sure how you can sue someone for something that they never did.
He’s clearly not enforcing laws, but courts have already decidied that he has that descretion, and they have further decided that states cannot enforce them on their own.
So there is no legal action there, and since he has not actually issued an executive order, he isn’t damaging anyone by way of executive order, so I don’t see how these suits can go anywhere other than tossed out.
I agree, based on the asinine decisions earlier RE: the AZ law. There’s a set of laws, the executive branch does not enforce. The states try to enforce existing law and get their hand slapped.
The executive branch now decides to ignore even more laws, and as you said, one would assume they would still decide to allow the executive brand to ignore law. The courts are seriously messed up, giving presidents dictatorial authority.
“So I’m not sure how you can sue someone for something that they never did.”
Wait until they print up and start handing out the Green Cards. My bet is that that will be “doing something.” These are specific illegal acts irrespective of the existence of some signed EO.
The lawsuit is focused on the actions of the DHS... The Secretary issued about 10 memorandum... executing the action that obama said was what needed to be done based on a legal opinion...
The focus will be on a broad application of a law for millions that was meant to be applied on a case by case basis.