framer
Well-Known Member
Since that particular issue (when the Senate conducts no business, but a handful of members open each day to avoid technically being in recess, can the President none-the-less make a recess appointment in light of the de facto state of recess?) had never before been addressed in law or in court before, there was no way to know that it was illegal when the President performed the appointments.
I'm not surprised you couldn't find a single immigration law being violated by the President here. Not at all.
When every member of the Supreme court can join in to state that you are being a Richard, chances are you were probably being a Richard and it wasn't an honest mistake.
As far as the immigration issue goes, Obama's general gameplan has always been to craft things so that people wouldn't really have standing to challenge him. In this case, however there is a conflict between his new sub-greencard classification and statute employment law. Everybody that has a payroll now has standing to sue. Additionally, this is a whole lot different than the "Dreamers" as public opinion is decidedly against what he has done here. Obama can decide not to pursue deportation for these people, he cannot unilaterally obviate employment law that was passed through congress and issue Obamacards. . .