Sessions says judges' rulings blocking Trump policies are 'unconstitutional'

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Sophie Tatum

Updated 4:48 PM ET, Sat March 10, 2018

Washington (CNN) - US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday that increasingly frequent lower court rulings blocking controversial Trump administration policies are "unconstitutional."

"The increasing frequency of limitless injunctions is simply unsustainable, and the ever-more extreme nature of some of these injunctions is only making it more obvious just how unconstitutional they are," Sessions said, speaking to the Federalist Society.

He later added: "But we are hopeful that the Supreme Court will soon send a clear message to the lower courts that injunctions ought to be limited to the parties in the case." The injunctions Sessions was referring to include rulings that have blocked various controversial Trump policies, like the travel ban and future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA.

His remarks echo similar comments he made last month at an annual gathering of state attorneys general in Washington. There, he called the growing number of injunctions as a "serious matter of coequal branches."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/10/politics/jeff-sessions-injunctions/index.html

[The Wizard]

1. He was rejected for the federal bench for good cause (NT)

[sharedvalues]

2. +1 !!!!

[Sophia4]

3. Right!

What does he think injunctions that block the enforcement of orders are about???

The orders are often though not always blocked because they are deemed unconstitutional. Who wants to enforce an unconstitutional order? And which branch of the government is responsible for determining the constitutionality of laws and orders?

Fortunately not the Department of Justice all by its little self.

Sessions is rather limited when it comes to his intellect. That's my personal opinion.

On an even more personal level, Sessions is what Southerners used to refer to as "peevish."

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. I had a sudden chilling thought of Trump picking him for Supreme Court.

[grumpyduck]

4. Has the idiot ever heard of "checks and balances?"

I swear, some of these assholes must have slept through history classes in school. In his case, I wonder if he slept his way through law school.

[Initech]

8. Or any other amendment but the 2nd?

[Rebl2]

5. This was

done under Obama also and didn’t hear him complain.

[The Wizard]

6. Sessions got into politics because

his reputation as an attorney was that of someone you wouldn't hire to defend a jay walking offense.

[PSPS]

7. Wow, this beauregard guy is one sharp attorney, eh?

[aeromanKC]

9. Sessions has a point

Well, iffin we had a dictatorship.

[Turbineguy]

10. Czar Donald.

By the Grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of All the United States of America.

Does Sessions end his letters with, "I remain Your Obedient Servant"?

[getagrip_already]

11. The courts rule on questions of law..

Keep breaking the law, and the courts will keep ruling against you.

Here's a novel concept, don't enact unconstitutional policies and the courts won't have to rule against you.

[Gothmog]

12. The Keebler Elf is wrong

[SCVDem]

13. Another tin pot dictator!

Not in my country asshole!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

14. Sessions and his boss have a problem with there being two equal branches to keep them in check.

GWB said, “If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier...as long as I'm the dictator. Hehehe.”

Trump says, "This would be easier if it was a dictatorship, so it is. I'm going to act like I'm going to act like a dictator and bully, threaten, and punish anyone who says it isn't so. My BFFs are all going to be dictators. I'm going to have the biggest every military parade to prove just how powerful I am. And eventually I will fire Robert Mueller."

And the Republicans in Congress let him get away with it.

Sessions doesn't get to say what is and isn't constitutional. That isn't in his job description. His job is to fairly enforce the laws of the United States, protect his bosses' ass, and stomp his tiny foot when they don't get their way.

[Javaman]

16. I had to laugh out loud at that one. LOL nt

[OriginalGeek]

17. Jeff Sessions wouldn't know a constitutional

If it fell off a foot stool and landed on his head.

[duforsure]

18. Racists Sessions

Knows nothing about the Constitution, just excuses to promote his beliefs.

[rocktivity]

19. Rocktivity says judges' rulings blocking Trump policies are 'Unconstitutional'

Because The POLICIES Are 'Unconstitutional'


rocktivity

[Angry Dragon]

21. From the man with no memory

[riversedge]

22. .Sessions added that he thought courts "should put an end to nationwide injunctions," criticizing ac

dufus with elf ears. ha ha.


.......Sessions added that he thought courts "should put an end to nationwide injunctions," criticizing activists for "paralyzing the federal government.
"There can be no question that courts should put an end to nationwide injunctions and keep activists on both sides of the aisle from paralyzing the functioning of our government," Sessions said.
"In order for our system to function, the Court must end government-by-litigation. I am hopeful they soon will, and that ... with your help we will restore the rule of law in this country."

[malthaussen]

23. He doesn't get to make that call...

... which he would know if he had ever, you know, read the Constitution.

-- Mal

[Nitram]

24. Doesn't matter who Sessions says until he takes it to the Supreme Court and wins.

Just hot air.