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I guess its a bit much to expect this Court limit itself to the legal merits in this bitching…but we can dream. The President has the authority to do this. We understand that Conservatives are opposed but its not the Courts to give them stuff they like. GOP’ers have really pushed the SCOTUS thing but Ill bet sooner or later, with the exception of Scalia and Thomas the rest reach a breaking point, with legacy in mind, and this gravy train is over.
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Just thinking the same thing: what case haven’t these folks taken up so quickly and to the surprise of court watchers whenever it’s an issue near and dear to the GOP?
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The lower courts decided that Texas does have the right, or standing, to sue because at least 500,000 people living in Texas would qualify for work permits and thus become eligible for driver licenses, the cost of which are subsidized by the state. “Texas would incur millions of dollars in costs,” the state said in its brief to the Supreme Court.
The remedy for that is simple enough - the State of Texas could simply charge enough for a driver’s license to recoup the cost of issuing one. Case dismissed.
But this seems to mean the Supreme Court is taking up the Obama administration’s request for an appeal of the state court decision.
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The Obama Admin brought the Case to the Court. They want it heard. If they do not hear it, the states will continue doing what they were doing. Obama is trying to force those states to cooperate.
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