Liberal judges with serious conflicts of interest keep blocking Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. This week, a judge with financial ties to Barack Obama halted Trump’s plan to fight back against sanctuary cities.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities” that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration officials, saying the president has no authority to attach new conditions to federal spending.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the preliminary injunction in two lawsuits – one brought by the city of San Francisco, the other by Santa Clara County – against an executive order targeting communities that protect immigrants from deportation.
The injunction will stay in place while the lawsuits work their way through court.
The judge rejected the administration’s argument that the executive order applies only to a relatively small pot of money and said Trump cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress.
“Federal funding that bears no meaningful relationship to immigration enforcement cannot be threatened merely because a jurisdiction chooses an immigration enforcement strategy of which the president disapproves,” the judge said.
It was the third major setback for the administration on immigration policy. The Justice Department had no immediate comment.
At oral argument, DOJ contended the sanctuary cities EO was toothless–merely an exercise of Trump's "bully pulpit." https://t.co/aKewBeAHFR pic.twitter.com/Udvsjd6zz4
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But the “setback” shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering Orrick’s past. In 2012, the judge served as a campaign bundler for Barack Obama, raising $200,000 for his presidential campaign. His wife is also politically active:
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Since when do judges make laws and fail to uphold the ones already in the books..
Judicial is not to be political, but to follow the laws, not make them up, he needs to go
Exactly!!!
Should be removed from the bench!!