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Top Nevada lawyer joins suit against Obama's immigration relief plan
Source: Reuters
Top Nevada lawyer joins suit against Obama's immigration relief plan
BY ERIC M. JOHNSON
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:50pm EST
(Reuters) - Nevada's newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama's order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, without the support of the state's moderate governor.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt, sworn in Jan. 5 after a campaign that focused at times on challenging federal overreach, said that Obama's November order undermines the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.
"The president cannot bypass the people's elected representatives in Congress just because they do not pass the laws he wants," Laxalt said in a statement on Monday.
However, Laxalt joined the lawsuit without the backing of Nevada's top elected official, Governor Brian Sandoval, a popular moderate Republican who easily won re-election.
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BY ERIC M. JOHNSON
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:50pm EST
(Reuters) - Nevada's newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama's order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, without the support of the state's moderate governor.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt, sworn in Jan. 5 after a campaign that focused at times on challenging federal overreach, said that Obama's November order undermines the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.
"The president cannot bypass the people's elected representatives in Congress just because they do not pass the laws he wants," Laxalt said in a statement on Monday.
However, Laxalt joined the lawsuit without the backing of Nevada's top elected official, Governor Brian Sandoval, a popular moderate Republican who easily won re-election.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-usa-immigration-nevada-idUSKBN0L208X20150129