Another day, another leftist activist in black robe decides they don’t care for what the President of the United States has done. I understand that Presidents overreach and need to be held in check by the judiciary. I have no problem with this concept, but these Democrats with lifetime jobs have taken it to a new level and deserve whatever bad comes their way, up to and including being impeached and removed from the bench. If, however, Republicans don’t make a move on at least one or two of these rogue hacks, maybe they deserve to lose the election this fall. After all, what’s the point of having a majority if you aren’t willing to act like you’re the majority?
Last week, a judge in Rhode Island “blocked a series of Trump administration measures that have prevented federal officials from granting asylum, green cards and other legal immigration benefits to many immigrants in the U.S.”
The judge, John McConnell, claimed the administration’s actions were “anti-immigrant,” to which I ask how did this judge discover his power to read people’s minds? He wrote, “In enacting its latest immigration policies, USCIS: claims statutory and regulatory authority that it does not possess; makes decisions without the reasoned explanations that it must provide; acts without regard for the reliance interests of applicants that it must consider; and justifies its actions with pretextual concerns of 'national security' that mask anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making.”
John McConnell needs to be impeached over that last sentence, “justifies its actions with pretextual concerns of 'national security' that mask anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making.”
This judge, and no judge, has any idea what is or is not relevant to national security, as they have no access to anything close to the intelligence a President of the United States does. That means he can’t possibly know the motive, nor do his thoughts on the issue matter.
The motives of a President do not matter, all that matters is are his actions Constitutional. As the President is the head of the Executive Branch, and it is up the that branch to implement and enforce immigration laws in the best interest of the United States. It is the exclusive domain of the President, not Congress or judges. Congress can ask questions, but they can only change the law, not how it is enforced. Judges can only determine if a law in Constitutional, not opine on how it should be enforced differently.
If Republicans, with control of the House, don’t impeach a couple of these hacks it is worth asking what the point of being in the majority is.
I understand that passing legislation is more difficult for Republicans than it is for Democrats – Republicans are individuals and think for themselves, Democrats are drones who do whatever they’re told (that’s why they can blow off the abuses of women by Graham Platner while still wearing a “Me Too!” lapel pin without throwing themselves off a bridge.
Impeaching an egregiously activist judge should be something all Republicans can agree on, though a few might not be on board simply because they’re angry, even if it agrees completely with what they claim their principles are – looking at you, Thomas Massie.
Yes, the Senate will never vote to remove any of these judges, as those Democrat drones will simply not be interested in anything Republicans are for, but it will embarrass those judges and draw attention to the problem of activist judges.
And you can expect many Republicans to complain about the “waste of time” a trial would be, but honestly, what else are they doing in the Senate? Nothing. Wasting time with a purpose would be better than simply wasting time aimlessly, don’t you think.
If Republicans refuse to do the things they can with the slim majority they have, there isn’t really a point to having a majority of any size at all. It’s hard to say what you’ll do if you win the midterms if you aren’t doing anything when you HAVE control now.
Republicans have always been their own worst enemy, but if they could learn to stand up for the principles they campaign on and pretend to hold dear, they might not get their asses handed to them in November…and they might just not deserve to.