Updated: Court Procedure May Influence Immigration Decision; Texas Granted 8-Day Extension

Posted November 25, 2015 11:02 AM ET; Last updated December 2, 2015 9:18 PM ET

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas’s request for a 30-day extension to file its opening brief on President Barack Obama’s deferred-deportation program, in a move that leaves open the possibility the high court will rule on the plan next year.
The justices gave Texas an eight-day delay, heeding calls from the Obama administration to keep the case on track for a potential decision by the end of the court’s term in June. The administration is seeking review after a federal appeals court blocked the program.
Under the court’s normal scheduling practices, a 30-day delay would have prevented consideration of the case until the court’s next term starts in October 2016. The court gave no explanation for the decision, and there were no recorded dissents.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-01/texas-rebuffed-by-top-u-s-court-on-immigration-filing-deadline

Immigration Case on Track for 2016 Supreme Court Ruling
GregStohr
December 1, 2015 — 5:02 PM EST
Updated on December 1, 2015 — 5:41 PM EST
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The court could act imminently on a request by Texas and 25 other states for a 30-day extension of the deadline to respond to the administration’s bid for a hearing.
While in other contexts that request would be routine, it has taken on heightened importance because of the realities of the court’s calendar and the administration’s desire to revive the program before Obama leaves office next year.
If the court grants the request, the justices would have to deviate from their normal scheduling practices to consider the case during the nine-month term that ends in June. The administration says the court should allow only an 8-day extension to ensure the case can be heard this term.
A delay would "prolong for an additional year the disruption of federal immigration policy," U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the court in a letter Tuesday. He said that if the court grants the full extension, he will ask for a rare May argument session so that the case can be decided in the current term.
The program would shield as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and let them obtain work and some public benefits. The plan, which was announced a year ago but hasn’t taken effect, applies to people whose children are either U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and who meet other requirements.
A federal appeals court blocked the plan, ruling 2-1 that Obama was overstepping his authority.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-11-24/obama-s-immigration-plan-hinges-on-top-u-s-court-deadline-clash

Obama's Immigration Plan Hinges on Supreme Court Deadline Clash
GregStohr
Bloomberg.com
November 24, 2015 — 6:49 PM EST

Cambridge City Council Imitates The White House

This "dispute" within the Cambridge City Council is instructive in several ways. First it indicates that some of the Councilors decided that the goal is all that matters and procedure be damned. That is what the White House is doing with its executive orders acting contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States. Under the Obama-Holder doctrine selected individuals may ignore inconvenient laws. This appears to be what is happening at the City Council. Perhaps Mazen and Carlone enjoy special privileges under Obama-Holder, and the rest of the Council remains clueless. But also the Council itself ignores its own rules. 

The Council is obligated to run its meetings according to Robert's Rules of Order. For more than ten years I repeatedly petitioned the council to do so. But it failed then and it still ignores that rule of its own  making. The most used rule under Robert's Rules is to suspend the rules. That eliminates the need to even learn the rules which few of the councilors ever know. If there is so much concern with bypassing procedure submitting  an order to the council without first going through the Planning Board or the housing or ordinance committees, why are the other rules less important? That is called selective enforcement of laws, which is what the council did for many years and still does. 

With a lawless White House and Attorney General in Washington DC, it was only a matter of time before state and local officials, ordinary taxpayers and voters began to ignore the laws of the states and the US. Is that why the US military is conducting civil disorder control operations with local police? Is that why Homeland Security is stockpiling billions of rounds of ammunition? 

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In a 1-7-1 vote, the policy order failed on Monday with Mazen voting in favor and Carlone being absent. The order asked the council to refer the proposed amendment to the Planning Board and Ordinance Committee.
“There’s nothing collegial about filing a zoning amendment without consulting or at least giving the co-chair of the Ordinance Committee the benefit of a brief discussion,” Vice Mayor Dennis Benzan told Mazen on April 13. “There’s nothing collegial about a zoning amendment coming before this council without having at least a brief conversation with the chair of the Housing Committee. It’s becoming a way that yourself and Councilor Carlone are doing business before this council.”

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150415/NEWS/150417734

Cambridge councilors' actions fuel strong criticism from rest of board
By Sara Feijo
sfeijo (at) wickedlocal.com
Posted Apr. 15, 2015 at 12:06 PM
Updated Apr 15, 2015 at 12:42 PM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

How to Stop The Health Care Boondoggle Still

How to Stop The Health Care Boondoggle Still

You have to admire this guy, always thinking and never gives up.

http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/12/20/the-extraordinary-measures-needed-to-kill-the-bill/

The Extraordinary Measures Needed to Kill the Bill — Updated with Vote Numbers
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RedState.com
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