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   From: racist-fool@barackobama.com   
      
   WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to reconsider   
   President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's immigration   
   system following a tie vote in June that blocked its   
   implementation.   
      
   The eight-member court's order shut the door on a plan that   
   already seemed all but dead a few months ago. The court declined   
   to wait until a ninth justice is confirmed and seated in order   
   to rehear the case — and possibly reverse its June decision.   
      
   The decision was applauded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,   
   who led a group of states in seeking to invalidate the plan.   
   "Rewriting national immigration law requires the full and   
   careful consideration of Congress," he said. "This is the latest   
   setback to the president’s attempt to expand executive power and   
   another victory for those who believe in the Constitution’s   
   separation of powers and the rule of law.”   
      
   The high court seldom agrees to rehear cases a second time, but   
   it has on occasion done so when a justice's death or retirement   
   leaves a vacancy that leads to a 4-4 tie. In those cases, the   
   court merely leaves the decision of the lower court intact and   
   sets no national precedent.   
      
   Acting U.S. Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn had told the   
   justices in July that Obama's effort to protect millions of   
   undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to seek   
   work permits deserved rehearing so that a divided federal   
   appeals court didn't get the last word on a national policy.   
      
   "The validity of the (immigration policy) is unlikely to arise   
   in any future case," his petition said. "This court instead   
   should be the final arbiter of these matters through a   
   definitive ruling."   
      
   http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/03/supreme-   
   court-immigration-rehearing-obama-scalia/91246566/   
       
      
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