The Texas attorney general on Thursday morning celebrated the Supreme Court’s tied vote on President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which affirmed a lower court ruling that blocked the program.
“Today’s decision keeps in place what we have maintained from the very start: one person, even a president, cannot unilaterally change the law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “This is a major setback to President Obama’s attempts to expand executive power, and a victory for those who believe in the separation of powers and the rule of law.”
Texas led 25 other states in filing the lawsuit over President Obama’s executive actions that prevented certain undocumented immigrants from being deported.