Take THAT, Greg…
Much to Trump Brown Noser Greg Abbott’s consternation, a federal judge just blocked Trump’s cruel, idiotic and illegal executive order to keep immigrants from resettling in states or communities without prior approval of those jurisdictions. In his order, the Maryland judge said that the order “does not appear to serve the overall public interest.” He went further, saying,
…the order gives states and local governments “the power to veto where refugees may be resettled — in the face of clear statutory text and structure, purpose Congressional intent, executive practice, judicial holdings and Congressional doctrine to the contrary.”
The argument placed before the judge was about the Refuge Act of 1980, and argued that Trump was trying to circumvent the federal law by implementing a state by state ban. The judge agreed:
“The objectives of this Act are to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to this country of refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States, and to provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for the effective resettlement and absorption of those refugees who are admitted.”
One more for the good guys.
It’s encouraging to see that there are still good guys out there in the judiciary, considering the duds that Trump and McTurtle have been cramming into the courts since Trump took office.
1I had a hard tie delivering this at first but hey, Yahooo!!!!
2In a semi-off topic note:
Michigan state Sen. Peter Lucido, GOP majority whip, tells a 22 year old female reporter that “a group of schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’ with her”. In the state senate house. When she was interviewing him for the “Michigan Advance” newspaper.
GOPs gotta be dominating women…
https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/01/15/i-tried-to-interview-sen-peter-lucido-he-told-me-a-group-of-schoolboys-could-have-a-lot-of-fun-with-me/
3Everybody, go read the article Old Fart posted. The jerk Lucido just dug in deeper when the reporter confronted him about it. E.g., “It was awkward for me when I went to college and I first met a woman, I didn’t even know how to act around a woman.” [two hints, Lucido: you still don’t know how to act around a woman. And your last name is most inappropriate for your intellect.]
And he triples down: “But he assured me it was nothing personal and this is just how he talks to young women.” And the guy thinks that makes it OK? Every woman in my family would like to form a slap-him-silly line and run him through it a few times.
Also check out the photo the reporter found of him screaming his head off at a Trump wankfest. She handled the situation well and bravely … and got some revenge with that photo making him look like a loony.
4Thanks Old Fart & Surly Professor, Sen Lucido may be looking at an investigation from his remarks.
https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/01/16/sen-lucido-sexual-harassment-investigation-results-may-not-be-public/
5All the Catholic bishops in Texas have denounced Abbott for his anti-immigrant policy. I don’t suppose they’ll be denying him communion, though, because he’s still anti-choice.
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