The tie vote by the U.S. Supreme Court which stopped one of President Obama’s immigration related executive orders wins the praise of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
“Today’s ruling is a victory for the rule of law and another major setback to President Obama’s agenda to rewrite the law through unconstitutional executive orders. President Obama has continuously violated his oath – to faithfully execute the laws as passed by the legislative branch,” said Pruitt.
“Not only does this ruling halt the implementation of the president’s unconstitutional immigration actions, but it ensures that his administration will be prevented from implementing these orders for the rest of his term.”
The President issued the executive order two years ago which stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants who had children with American citizenship. In his response to the Supreme Court’s ruling, Obama said he would set a low priority for those approximately five million people waiting to be deported.
