Federal appeals court sends encouraging signal about Obama’s immigration actions
*Here’s a different take on the Obama immigration court battles. Where other pundits see a set-back for the Obama executive actions, Kerry Eleveld sees a clear signal that the 5th Circuit could reverse the lower court stay. There’s a difference, she writes, between a motions panel and a merits panel. [tweet_dis]The panel that will hear Obama’s immigration case isn’t the one that held the temporary stay.[/tweet_dis] Eleveld spent 4 years covering the Obama presidency for The Advocate. VL
By Kerry Eleveld, Daily Kos
The legal battle over President Obama’s 2014 immigrations actions has been long and complicated, with one federal judge, Andrew Hanen, essentially single-handedly halting the programs from being implemented. Last month, a federal appeals court denied the government’s request to lift Hanen’s hold on the programs pending further review by the 5th Circuit.
[pullquote]… finally comes a ray of hope from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.[/pullquote]But the 5th Circuit panel of judges who issued that ruling included two notoriously conservative judges—Jerry E. Smith and Judge Jennifer Elrod—and their decision, much like Hanen’s, wasn’t a surprise. It was also a ruling on the emergency motion to stay Hanen’s injunction while it underwent further review by the court, rather than a ruling on the merits of the injunction itself.
Now, finally comes a ray of hope from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which will consider outright the government’s appeal of Hanen’s injunction on the immigration programs that could provide deportation relief for up to five million undocumented immigrants.
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