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A Sensible Immigration Ruling Makes No Sense In Washington

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The President took immigration policy into his own hands, bypassing Congress. A federal judge has ruled that he acted improperly. [Credit: Tax Justice Blog]

A fed­er­al judge has ruled that the Pres­i­dent improp­er­ly took immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy into his own hands. [Cred­it: Tax Jus­tice Blog]

A fed­er­al judge in Brownsville, Texas, on Mon­day pro­vid­ed a way out of the Con­gres­sion­al impasse over a bill to fund the Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­ri­ty (DHS).  But the oppor­tu­ni­ty might be squan­dered by Con­gres­sion­al Repub­li­cans bent on self-immolation.

Com­pared with the President’s exec­u­tive excess­es and Repub­li­can cir­cu­lar fir­ing squads, Fed­er­al Dis­trict Court Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion against the Admin­is­tra­tion’s immi­gra­tion pol­i­cy is a mod­el of ratio­nal­i­ty and restraint. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The President, His Critics And the Politics of Impatience

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What do these two men have in common? More than you might think. [Credit: Politico]

What do these two men have in com­mon? More than you might think. [Cred­it: Politico]

“But what I’m not going to do is just wait.  I think it’s fair to say that I’ve shown a lot of patience…But what we can’t do is just keep on wait­ing.”  Pres­i­dent Oba­ma, Novem­ber 5, 2014

The Con­sti­tu­tion offers no rem­e­dy for pres­i­den­tial impa­tience. Pres­i­dents, Mem­bers of Con­gress and judges are some­times con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly required to “just keep on wait­ing.”  And that is some­thing office­hold­ers of both polit­i­cal par­ties seem increas­ing­ly unwill­ing to do.  When it comes to cir­cum­vent­ing the rules to achieve the polit­i­cal objec­tives of the moment, the Pres­i­dent and some of his most stri­dent con­ser­v­a­tive foes are soulmates.

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John Feehery Guest Post: Leaders and Followers

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John Fee­hery is pres­i­dent of Quinn Gille­spie Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and spent 15 years work­ing in the House Repub­li­can lead­er­ship. He blogs at www.thefeeherytheory.com

At my gym, they put lit­tle inspi­ra­tional quotes up on the wall to get you to work out hard­er (that’s the the­o­ry, at least).

“Lead, fol­low, or get out of the way,” was last Tuesday’s quote, attrib­uted to the Marine’s hand­book, which was a rev­e­la­tion to me. I always thought that Lee Iacoc­ca was the man who first said that mem­o­rable phrase when he was try­ing to fix Chrysler.

This quote must haunt Con­gres­sion­al Repub­li­cans on both sides of the Capi­tol dome. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Immigration Reform: Will It Boost The Economy Or Hurt It?

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Supporters of immigration reform say it will spur growth and raise living standards. Opponents disagree. Who's right? [Credit: ABCNews.go.com]

Sup­port­ers of immi­gra­tion reform say it will spur growth and raise liv­ing stan­dards. Oppo­nents dis­agree. Who’s right? [Cred­it: ABCNews.go.com]

“Immi­gra­tion Reform Would Boost Econ­o­my, CBO Report Finds,” ABC News report­ed last week.

Not exact­ly.

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