Washington D.C – With the 4-4 split, a Supreme Court panel comprising eight judges blocked President Barack Obama’s immigration reform plans. The decision was passed against State challenging Obama’s plan that if implemented intended to provide deportation absolution to millions of illegal migrants.
26 Republican-led states challenged President’s immigrant action plan. Texas along with Georgia was leading the states challenge, which was declared by Obama post mid-term elections held in November 2014.
Attorney General Sam Olens soon publicised the ruling in a statement that narrating that Supreme Court’s decision showcase that not even President can avoid the Constitution. Every American will follow our laws, the separation of executive and legislative powers and the constitution.
GOP lawmakers including Speaker Paul Ryan and R-Wis also passed a statement narrating that the law is clear and only Congress has the authority to amend the laws, not the president. They saw Supreme Court’s ruling as a major victory in their struggle to reestablish the separation of competences in the US.
Democrats saw the judgement as the congress’s need to fill Scalia’s vacant seat. As per Dick Durbin, Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, court’s ability to resolve legal challenges to DAPA and DACA has left a million families in an undefined limbo.
AFL-CIO’s President Richard Trumka stated this ruling a major setback for people fighting for charitable cause concerning the strengthening of US immigration laws.
