Laws and oaths: Making the case for why POTUS Trump should IGNORE Fed judge’s asylum ruling

(National Sentinel)Â Conflicted: Because the presidents who nominate them are political, federal judges who are appointed to the bench are political as well, which is why our country gets so many rulings from courts that conflict — or appear to conflict — with U.S. law.

We got another one on Monday: A federal judge in California, appointed to the bench by President Obama, ruled that POTUS Donald Trump hasÂ no authority to issue an executive order changing asylum rules that are clearly being abused by hordes of migrants.

The Associated Press reported:

…U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar agreed with legal groups that immediately sued, arguing that U.S. immigration law clearly allows someone to seek asylum even if they enter the country between official ports of entry and temporarily barred the ruling from going into place while the case is heard.

â€œWhatever the scope of the Presidentâ€™s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,â€ said Tigar, a nominee of former President Barack Obama.

Except, of course, whenÂ Obama changed immigration law by claiming authority to stop the deportation process for so-called “Dreamers.”

Regarding the “scope” of POTUS Trump’s authority, the president issued his order under the guise ofÂ national security and as such it isÂ not reviewable by a federal court. Tigar overstepped his bounds and very clearly when he chose to rule on such matters.

It was the same when Left-wing judicial activists in the 9th Circuit struck down POTUS Trump’s executive orders banning travel to the U.S. from certain countries known to be harbors of terrorism, and the Supreme Court eventually upheld his authority because it is enshrined in U.S. law.

While Tigar may be technically correct in terms of how he is interpretingÂ one law, there are at least two others — the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1954, duly passed by Congress and signed into law, and the National Emergency Act — that authorize POTUS Trump to issue his asylum order.



