President Obama often uses the phrase, “that’s not who we are,” when arguing an issue that which most of us disagree, because his view of our country’s values is so different than ours.
Today, commenting on the Supreme Court’s deadlock over his landmark executive actions on immigration, he said the fact that court “wasn’t able to issue a decision today doesn’t just set the system back even further, it takes us further back from the country we (there’s that word again) want to be.” He called the court’s lack of action “heartbreaking” and “frustrating.”
Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott led a 26-state coalition to turn back President Obama’s executive action on immigration. (aun.tv.com)
You will recall that the Fifth Circuit last November disagreed when Obama sought to unilaterally protect millions of parents of U.S. citizen and permanent resident children from deportation and expand a similar program that applied to young undocumented immigrants.
Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who led a 26-state coalition that filed the lawsuit against the president’s actions, said the Fifth Circuit’s decision was a “vindication for the rule of law and the Constitution.”
As a reminder, Hillary Clinton attacked the Fifth Circuit decision, calling it “politically motivated.”
While the Supreme Court, short one justice, may have been unable to garner a majority decision, it did prevent the guy with the pen in the White House from a much needed victory for his legacy. At the same time, the court recognized that the country we want to be is led by a president who enforces, not rewrites, the law.
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