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10-26-2017, 10:17 PM
AG Sessions Blasts Judges for Blocking Trump's Executive Orders
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
By Theodore Bunker
Thursday, 26 Oct 2017 4:09 PM
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday ripped federal judges for blocking executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, Politico reported.
"Some judges have failed to respect our representatives in Congress and failed to appropriately respect the prerogatives and perspectives of the executive branch," he said at a Heritage Foundation conference.
Sessions singled out federal district court Judge Nicholas Garaufis for saying the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program was "heartless," instead of making a legal argument against it.
"Rather than address that question, the court said the government 'can't come into court to espouse a position that is heartless.' He didn't say it was unlawful. He said, 'I don't like your policy,'" the attorney general said.
"A judge's comments on policy like this is offensive, and it's disrespectful of the legislative and executive branches and to the fine attorneys in the Department of Justice. . . . The Constitution gives judges no right to veto a president's actions because they disagree on policy grounds.
"Many indeed think this election was pretty important. Without what's happening today, the rule of law may have well be lost behind us in a cloud of dust," Sessions continued.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
By Theodore Bunker
Thursday, 26 Oct 2017 4:09 PM
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday ripped federal judges for blocking executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, Politico reported.
"Some judges have failed to respect our representatives in Congress and failed to appropriately respect the prerogatives and perspectives of the executive branch," he said at a Heritage Foundation conference.
Sessions singled out federal district court Judge Nicholas Garaufis for saying the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program was "heartless," instead of making a legal argument against it.
"Rather than address that question, the court said the government 'can't come into court to espouse a position that is heartless.' He didn't say it was unlawful. He said, 'I don't like your policy,'" the attorney general said.
"A judge's comments on policy like this is offensive, and it's disrespectful of the legislative and executive branches and to the fine attorneys in the Department of Justice. . . . The Constitution gives judges no right to veto a president's actions because they disagree on policy grounds.
"Many indeed think this election was pretty important. Without what's happening today, the rule of law may have well be lost behind us in a cloud of dust," Sessions continued.