Texas Attorney General Plans To Sue Obama Over Immigration Action

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks during the Rio Grande Valley Gubernatorial Debate between him and Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis in Edinburg, Texas on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. The debate was the first of two s... Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks during the Rio Grande Valley Gubernatorial Debate between him and Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis in Edinburg, Texas on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. The debate was the first of two scheduled before the November election. (AP Photo/The McAllen Monitor, Joel Martinez, Pool) MORE LESS
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Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect Greg Abbott (R) on Monday said that the state plans to sue the Obama administration over the president’s executive action to the delay the deportation of about 5 million undocumented immigrants.

“Most everyone agrees the immigration system is broken, but executive fiat is not the way to fix it,” Abbott told reporters at the state capitol.

Abbott said that President Obama’s action violates the “take care” clause of the Constitution.

“At the constitutional convention itself, they considered whether or not the president should have the authority to dispense with enforcing certain laws, and they decided no, they didn’t want to give the president that authority,” he said, referencing the founding fathers.

The attorney general emphasized that the lawsuit would not be a political move.

“The president has crossed the line from politics to endangering the constitutional structure,” Abbott said. “Protecting constitutional authority (is) more important than any other single issue.”

Abbott told reporters that he would decided whether to follow through on the lawsuit in two weeks.

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  1. Has he considered asking his fellow Republicans in Congress to, you know, pass a law? Just for the constitutional heck of it?

  2. Have fun proving standing, you grandstanding nitwit.

  3. Shouldn’t he run that by hist state legislation first? Or does he plan to use his executive powers?

  4. I say we dig up Reagan so Abbott can include him in the lawsuit as a plaintiff.

  5. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    For a the fiscally “responsible” party they are sure irresponsible with other peoples money.

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