Here's the motion to dismiss: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3126719/5thCir-Texas-Dismiss.pdf …pic.twitter.com/yEu3I6r6iC
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This follows the 7th Circuit smackdown that Pence got earlier in the week from Judge Posner on the same issue:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-appeals-court-slams-mike-pence-for-syrian-refugee-op …
This is to serve as a reminder that it wasn't just Trump. Half of the governors decided to turn Syrian refugees into ~The Enemy~ last fall.
For those governors who went beyond statements into action, they have been uniformly smacked down by the federal courts.
The trial court judge whose decision Texas had been appealing came from a George W. Bush appointee.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-judge-dismisses-texas-case-seeking-to-stop-syrian-re?utm_term=.ljAoO1y7vV#.di3jrnVKqY …
The 7th Circuit's three-judge panel slamming Pence was all Republican appointees.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-appeals-court-slams-mike-pence-for-syrian-refugee-op?utm_term=.kin4wYEZWR#.tfqW9BG5mz …
It is a coincidence, but apt, that Texas—Obama's foil in the courts—gave up the Syrian refugee case fight on the day Trump imploded.
wasn't Friday three weeks ago, or is that just me?
Coulda been.
@joshgreenman not to mention this: "My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders..."
we still ban sharia law.
That's just because they are thinking about building a wall between Texas and Syria.
A lot of things have been missed in this day.
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