Posted on 04/19/2018 1:12:27 PM PDT by BillyBoy
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I support Gorsuch in the broader principle that we can’t let legislatures get away with writing sloppy, crappy catch-all laws which are SO open to interpretation that virtually anyone could be found to be violating them.
It’s a shame this case had to deal with immigration, but it raised a serious issue with our laws generally.
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Of all the ‘precedent’, the one they’ll overlook time and time again: Void for Vagueness.
That’s if it would get past any A1S8 cases (HAahahaha...I kill myself. Courts, Legislature & Executive caring about THOSE constraints and authorities).
Yep - Gorsuch is expected to do the right thing - not be a partisan toady....besides, it’s Congress’ law that doesn’t come up to snuff - they always obfuscate and leave a dozen facets that can be ‘interpreted” to suit the political winds of the day instead of just coming out with clean and clear laws.
While I didn't read through the entire opinion and dissent, I scanned through it for the main arguments involved. As such, I'd have to say the dissenters had the right of the case overall. That said, there is also something to be said with slapping down congress for abdicating its responsibilities in actually writing clear and understandable law. Far too often they write some nebulous crap and let executive agencies and the courts actually define what the law means.
IF Goresuch is consistent in this line of reasoning, it's ultimately a win for us. (imagine some of the really vague EPA stuff for example) If, however, he is only interested in applying that reasoning for cases involving illegals, then not so much. Ultimately, it's going to take time to get a handle on his judicial philosophy.
I think people interested in restraining the scope of government are freaking out prematurely, and the left is crowing prematurely as well.
Laws are not even laws if they are not enforced. If we enforced current immigration laws we would not need a fence.
If we enforced laws against aiding illegals there would be no problems with sanctuary politicians either.
If we enforced laws on handling classified documents we would have heard the last of Hillary long ago.
Trump got it right...Congress is the culprit.
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