BTW, lost in the ~day~ that was Friday: Texas moved to dismiss its appeal in its case fighting Obama on Syrian refugee resettlement.
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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 …
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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.
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For those governors who went beyond statements into action, they have been uniformly smacked down by the federal courts.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Which day was that? Every day is an implosion at this point
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