13 Legal Actions Challenging Trump's Immigration Executive Order

[struggle4progress]

By LAUREN PEARLE JAMES HILL
Feb 1, 2017, 6:24 AM ET

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to suspend some immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries — Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Libya — for 90 days, halt the refugee program for 120 days and suspend the admission of Syrian refugees indefinitely.

Since he signed the order Friday, at least 13 lawsuits have been filed around the country, including one from Washington state. Attorneys general in Virginia, Massachusetts and New York announced on Monday their intentions to intervene in existing federal suits filed over the past weekend in their states.

Here are the lawsuits filed as of Tuesday that challenge the executive order ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/legal-actions-challenging-trumps-immigration-executive-order/story?id=45175192

[Gothmog]

1. 13 lawsuits is meaningful

[uppityperson]

2. How many lawsuits were filed against Obama's EOs?

http://thedailybanter.com/2014/06/gop-continues-to-push-breathtakingly-cynical-lawsuit-against-obama/

Specifically, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is considering legal action to overturn the president's executive orders (EOs) in spite of the fact that every president since George Washington has used executive orders to enact policies and implement congressional legislation, among other things.