Things you never see reported in the Arizona media because it does not fit their GOP-friendly media narrative. [Update: See the “editorial opinion” of The Arizona Republic obviously written by Doug MacEachern, Executive order a bad idea – now or later in which he asserts “a legally dubious executive order” that will lead to “a full-blown constitutional crisis” and “prod Republicans into impeachment overreach.” All GOP talking points, all the time.]
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post reported last week, Lawyers agree: Obama has broad authority to act on deportations:
With Obama administration officials debating how aggressively to use unilateral action to shield people from deportations, more than 100 immigration law professors have signed a letter to the President (.pdf) arguing that he has expansive legal authority to act to temporarily protect additional groups from removal — and that this authority is rooted in statute, court opinion, regulations, and precedent.
The letter (.pdf), which was shared with this blog before its release, is designed to make the case to media and opinion-makers that Obama has maximum legal room to maneuver — which could shape how much political space the administration thinks it has on this difficult and explosive decision.
The letter — which was distributed by the American Immigration Council and the National Immigration Law Center — was signed by over 130 professors, attorneys and experts, some from the major Ivy League law schools, and others from border and red states that are relevant to the politics of this decision.
