A good week in court if you are not an Obama supporter: Federal Judge Rules that ICE Agents have Standing in Lawsuit Against Federal Government
Federal District Court Judge Reed O'Conner has ruled that 10 ICE agents and officers have standing to challenge in Federal court the so-called Morton Memo on prosecutorial discretion and the DREAM directive on deferred action. The agents filed their complaint in October, charging that unconstitutional and illegal directives from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton order the agents to violate federal laws or face adverse employment actions. This is a major first step for the ICE agents in their case against the administration. This is just one of the reasons that the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council voted unanimously that they have no confidence in Morton's ability to lead the agency. Aside from ordering ICE agents to not enforce federal immigration laws, Morton has also gutted worksite enforcement and the 287(g) program, which is a cooperative effort between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. Now, I wonder if this is actionable: Obama Continues to Violate His Own Stimulus Law by Not Releasing Quarterly Reports Have you heard much about President Obamas $787,000,000,000 economic stimulus (now estimated to cost $831,000,000,000) lately? In its last report, published in 2011, the presidents own Council of Economic Advisors released an estimate showing that, for every $317,000 in stimulus spending that had by then gone out the door, only one job had been created or saved. Even in Washington, thats not considered good bang for the buck. Moreover, that was the fifth consecutive stimulus report that showed this number getting progressively worse. Alas, that was the last report weve seen. Never mind that Section 1513 of the stimulus legislation, which Obama spearheaded and signed into law, requires the executive branch to submit a new report every three months. It reads: In consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers shall submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives that detail the impact of programs funded through covered funds on employment, estimated economic growth, and other key economic indicators. Probably not, unfortunately J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360487 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
