Judge declares some of Obama's action on immigration unconstitutional

[Heywood]

I read right wing and left wing articles, but much prefer to keep it as unbiased as possible. I do have a personal disgust for Fox, and avoid it like a virus. I also haven't watched MSNBC in six years.

Presumably you will discuss things with people who use Fox or MSNBC as their source of news so it helps to know where they are coming from when they bring something up. If you are reasonably intelligent and have some critical thinking skills you can wade through the bullshit. These outlets do serve a purpose of bringing certain stories to the forefront. I don't believe the Gruber scandal would have gained any traction were it not for Foxnews is a recent example.

Anyways...back to the topic of the thread. I do not think the judge overstepped his bounds in issuing this ruling. The judge has some judicial discretion to consider facts or arguments not offered by the prosecution and/or defense. This was a case of an illegal immigrant who could not even speak English being represented by a public defender. I doubt the prosecutor or the defender put a whole lot of time time in this case but rather were simply moving it through the system. If I am the judge here, I'd be interested in examining the newly issued executive order to see if it applies at all to the case at hand.

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I read the Washington Post article but was confused at this part:

In other words, while Judge Schwab declared the President’s actions to be unlawful, he did not set it aside. Indeed, given that no party was challenging the lawfulness of the President’s action, it’s not clear what authority the court would have had to invalidate the policy.

What was the point in the court taking on the issue in the first place?

Maybe he wanted to take a swipe at Obama. Obama has taken several swipes at the judiciary branch.