White House Attacks The Court System (Again) After Ruling Upholding DACA
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Alice Ollstein | February 26, 2018 1:06 pm
Following the Supreme Court’s decision Monday morning to reject a bid from the Justice Department to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, leaving the fate of the program in the hands of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House hit back at the judicial branch.
White House spokesman Raj Shah called the lower court injunction of Trump’s DACA termination—a court decision based on evidence that Trump was more motivated by animus toward immigrants than constitutional law—a “usurpation of legislative authority.”
“The fact that this occurs at a time when elected representatives in Congress are actively debating this policy only underscores that the district judge has unwisely intervened in the legislative process,” Shah said. “We look forward to having this case expeditiously heard by the appeals court and, if necessary, the Supreme Court, where we fully expect to prevail.”
The White House did not mention that the President has repeatedly worked to undermine efforts on Capitol Hill to pass a bill to protect DACA recipients as the Justice Department was litigating to have the injunction on President Trump’s termination of the program overturned.
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