Liberal Heartache: Obama's lawyers struggling for a response to a Texas judge’s ruling stopping illegal amnesty program

Senate Republicans are most pleased...

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s lawyers, facing what could be months of delay on the White House’s immigration efforts, are struggling for a response to a Texas judge’s ruling that has imperiled one of the president’s potential legacy achievements.

A top administration official said Wednesday it was unclear whether the Department of Justice would seek an emergency order that would allow the president’s immigration programs to go into effect while an appeal proceeds. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said that no decision had been made on an emergency application to an appeals court, but she pledged to fight all challenges to the president’s actions.

Monday’s late-night 123-page ruling by Judge Andrew S. Hanen forced Mr. Obama to halt plans to protect millions of undocumented immigrants. White House supporters attacked the judge’s ruling as “shaky.” Conservative legal critics hailed it as a powerful argument.[...]

In the meantime, the clock on Mr. Obama’s presidency is ticking.

“I think it’s a significant threat,” said David E. Bernstein, a law professor at George Mason University. “My guess is that this reflects some real concern that’s out there.”

Guess what the most common occupation in District of Columbia is.

I know you were going to say crooked politician. It is lawyer, but I repeat myself.

Via NPR:

Barack Obama’s campaign has a legion of lawyers on standby for this year’s election

Obama and Holder plan to use the courts to steal the election?

OLYMPIA, Wash. — President Barack Obama’s campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year’s election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate.

Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid in the effort, providing a mass of legal support that appears to be unrivaled by Republicans or precedent. Obama’s campaign says it is particularly concerned about the implementation of new voter ID laws across the country, the possibility of anti-fraud activists challenging legitimate voters and the handling of voter registrations in the most competitive states.

Republicans are building their own legal teams for the election. They say they’re focused on preventing fraud — making sure people don’t vote unless they’re eligible — rather than turning away qualified voters.

Glenn Beck vs. Stupid Government Lawyers

When dealers logged onto the government website for cash for clunkers program, they got the following message.

"This application provides access to the Dot CARS system. When logged onto the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government."

The message also warned that files could be accessed, copied and shared. Glenn Beck called out the Government on this intrusive policy and they have removed it from the site.

Hopefully, this is a case of stupid Government lawyers getting carried away with warning labels. However, Judge Napolitano points out the Government could actually do this under the Patriot Act and it wouldn't be illegal.