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| Illegal Aliens Sue Senate |
| 2012-05-16 |
| Illegal immigrant students and members of the House sued the Senate this week to try to overturn the upper chamber's filibuster rule, arguing that the 60-vote supermajority requirement violates the Constitution and is blocking important legislation such as legalization for illegal immigrants. Separation of Powers, anyone? I don't see how this could possibly proceed but nowadays anything is possible. If successful, the lawsuit, filed Monday, would rewrite the way the Senate operates -- though courts generally have been reluctant to meddle in internal congressional rules. It would mean the Courts have absolute rule. Still, the effort mixes two thorny issues in separation of powers and immigration, and is likely to keep the Dream Act at the forefront of the national debate. The bill would legalize illegal immigrant students and young adults who were brought to the U.S. as children and who are seen as among the toughest cases in the immigration debate. In late 2010, the Dream Act passed the House but was blocked from action by a filibuster in the Senate. The 55-41 vote fell five shy of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster. More at the link. Beyond boggling. Gobsmacked, I am. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #13 I think when Obastard took the oath of office he said the words "uphold and defend" but was thinking "undermine and subvert". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-05-16 20:00 |
| #12 There is no piece of the constitution the left won't try to get rid of to advance their agenda. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-05-16 18:00 |
| #11 Corruption |
| Posted by: newc 2012-05-16 17:25 |
| #10 One of the four democrat house members is our olde buddy Rep. Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. Remember him? Joe M does. Hank was worried about tipping over Guam with overpopulation. After the 4 dem senators, we have an illegal alien as a plaintiff. They all are doing O's dirty work. Hey, it's worth a try. But it is more than that. They are using publicity to pressure the senate. Any tool in the kit will be used to force the agenda. O needs votes, and illegals are a righteous sized pool. This is a direct attack on our Constitution and our Republic. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-05-16 15:06 |
| #9 2 things: Art 1 Sec 5 kills this in its cradle. And how the f**k do illegals have ANY standing to sue? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-05-16 13:40 |
| #8 I've always been perplexed as to how illegals do not lose every single bit of property and money they have when they are found. Is not all of it "goods gained during the commission of a crime"? Let states and local governments confiscate everything that an illegal cannot prove they brought with them and they will clear themselves out pretty fast. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2012-05-16 12:25 |
| #7 How do criminal aliens have standing? |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2012-05-16 12:23 |
| #6 Appears to be a crisis in the making, and you know what we simmply cannot do with a crisis. Now, how can we evolve this into ...... latino dem votes ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-16 08:36 |
| #5 Each house makes its own rules. The judiciary would [not that the concept has ever stopped it before] be violating the separations of powers. Article I, Section 5 Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-05-16 08:10 |
| #4 No doubt it was easy to find a lawyer to bring the case, but I'm interested to hear how non-citizens even have standing to sue in the matter. Be careful what you wish for, kiddies. Ever hear of 'tyranny of the majority'? An example would be a simple majority voting to kick all the illegals out of the country. Government needs a little inertia to keep it from veering off into the weeds. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-05-16 00:25 |
| #3 Here's the fun part - it will be the fault of the US = Fed-Congress for letting Pol Waffling + Nepotism, etc. run amuck oer Truth + Ethics. "God", iff you will. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-16 00:19 |
| #2 I want to sue the Senate AND the House -- for misfeasance, malfeasance and dumbfeasance. Can we make it a class action suit? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-05-16 00:17 |
| #1 IMO iff this suit does proceed, + espec iff the Illegals win, THE VALIDITY OF THE ENTIRE US CONSTITUTION WILL BE IN QUESTION. That sound you will be hearing will be the Commies + Socialists + aligned celebrating. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-16 00:15 |