Hailing it as a triumph for separation of powers, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Thursday that the Supreme Court’s tied vote that effectively blocks President Obama’s immigration executive actions shows that the President “is not permitted to write laws.”
“Today, Article I of the Constitution was vindicated. The Supreme Court’s ruling makes the president’s executive action on immigration null and void,” Ryan said in a statement. “The Constitution is clear: The president is not permitted to write laws—only Congress is. This is another major victory in our fight to restore the separation of powers.”
The Supreme Court’s tied vote in the case affirms a lower court’s decision blocking executive actions signed by Obama that protect some undocumented immigrants from deportation.
