One of the reasons is that they probably dont want to revisit the Presidents own repeated assertions22 different timeswhen he said he didnt believe he had the legal authority to issue the Executive action he issued in November of 2014. Twentytwo times he said: I dont have the authority. In 2013. when the President was speaking at an immigration event. he was interrupted by a heckler who urged him to stop deportations by Executive fiat. In response. the President said: If in fact I could solve all these problems without passing laws in Congress. then I would do so. But were also a nation of laws thats part of our tradition.
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