Texas Celebrates ‘Victory’ In SCOTUS Tie Vote On Obama Immigration Orders

Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, addresses the opening session of the 82nd Texas Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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.

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  1. Enjoy your 4-4 court while you can. Those days are numbered with a Dem senate and Hillary at the white house.

  2. Paxton is too stupid to realize this is not a “win”.

  3. And yet…this little freak thinks that ONE LONE AG can change the course of history…and blather on about what has NEVER been and won’t be for long…

  4. Ken Paxton should STFU and worry about his own felony indictments.

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