If ever there was just cause to fire a warning shot against the radicals, this is it
When Dems deliberately stack the courts with radical leftists, it was only a matter of time before their activism overtook their proper role in the courts. It didn’t take long at all.
A judge that squeaked in during the last few days of President Autopen’s term (we are still sorting out the legalities of whether that appointment was even valid) has been at the forefront of the left’s agenda of using lawfare to throw sand in the gears of legitimate functions of the Trump administration’s official duties.
One of their primary attacks against the administration involved throwing everything but the kitchen sink at blocking efforts to send illegal aliens home. Surely it’s merely a coincidence that these are the same people who fought like honey badgers to block any attempt to put barriers of any sort along the Southern border, or a defunding a virtual army of NGOs that cashed in on taxpayer money hand over fist backstopping this and other Democrat causes.
Judge Brian Murphy has been punching far above his weight class in making sweeping restrictions on what the Trump administration can and cannot do in their handling of illegal immigrants.
The power and celebrity of being a NeverTrump judge has obviously gone to his head.
How can we know? Simple: when SCOTUS tells a judge he’s out of line, a lower court is obligated to fall in line with the instructions of the higher court.
Unless he’s a radical activist. Then he will do whatever the hell he pleases.
You can guess which one he is.
SCOTUS granted a stay on the order issued by Judge Murphy. But he is ignoring it, and insisting that his ruling remain in place ‘notwithstanding’ the stay that has been ordered by SCOTUS.