President Obama\u2019s opponents spend a lot of time and money suing him for executive actions taken on immigration reform. However, the courts have quashed many of those lawsuits.<\/p>\n
The most infamous of the lawsuits against Obama was the case Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed, ostensibly seeking to force the Administration to obey the Constitution. Although the court agreed the case did raise important questions relating to how illegal immigration affected the nation, those questions were not for the court to address.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Judge Howell indicated the role of the courts is not to participate in policymaking, leaving that to the legislative and executive branches of government. That aside, a significant number of scholars, along with the Department of Justice (DOJ), have stated on many occasions that Obama\u2019s executive actions are both legal and lawful. In court, Arpaio\u2019s attorney suggested the President\u2019s executive actions were not merely policy, but rather the creation (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Obama\u2019s opponents spend a lot of time and money suing him for executive actions taken on immigration reform. However, the courts have quashed many of those lawsuits. The most infamous of the lawsuits against Obama was the case Maricopa…<\/span><\/p>\n