White House not sure if closing Gitmo through executive order - constitutional, Obama will do it anyway
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Despite overwhelming opposition from the American people and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, it is becoming clearer by the day President Obama is planning to close Guantanamo Bay prison with or without the consent of Congress.
When asked about the constitutionality of unilaterally closing the prison with an executive order, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest admitted Monday that the legality of such a move isn't clear, but hinted President Obama will do it anyway.
"The focus of our efforts right now is on Congress and there are members of Congress who share this goal [closing GITMO] and who have indicated at least an openness to working with the administration to achieve this goal. That's the focus of our efforts right now. I'm not aware of any ongoing effort to devise a strategy using only the President's executive authority to accomplish this goal, but I certainly wouldn't take that option off the table," Earnest told reporters Monday. "There are a wide range of thorny, legal questions that are raised by this ongoing effort to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. I wouldn't sort of speculate on those right now. These are obviously, in some cases because of the unique nature of this facility, in some cases we're in uncharted legal waters here but, the President made clear from his first week in office that closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay is a national security priority."
Over the year the White House has slowly released GITMO prisoners in hopes the numbers will become so low, Congress no longer sees the prison as financially viable. Last summer, President Obama traded five top-Taliban commanders for alleged Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl.
Later this week, a report detailing how the administration plans to shut down the prison is expected to be released by the Department of Defense.
So he is putting more terrorists back on the - battlefield through executive action,
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our military must be so happy. Think about the future of this, plus a nuclear Iran.
He already released Bin Laden's body guard - and a 9-11 plane hijacker
Outstanding news, but you cannot tell Obamatollah what he - can and cannot do. He will fly in 5 million
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more. He does things out of spite. Remember how he closed off all the national parks and memorials and refused to let vets in? He becomes unhinged when opposed.
It’s no surprise that he is ignoring his oath to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed”, along with the rest of his alleged Oath of Office.
It's remarkable how, despite "not being able to" deport perhaps 20 million illegals from 2009 until 2013, BO and the Democrats managed to move 5 million select illegals into the country over a period of a relatively short time during a single calendar year.
We are sinking fast.
Good news in the short term. This was an appeal and Obama lost. - Now it goes to the Supreme Court.
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The original case was taken to the Texas federal judge by the Texas Attorney General who was Greg Abbott who is now Governor of Texas.
Who knows what will happen with the Supreme Court and with Obama's contempt for the law.
Great news for people who still care about the rule of law. - NM
A good day for Republicans! Do nothing and blame Obama! - perfect
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The appeals court repealed Obama's Immigration plan. Now we Republicans can go back to status quo and not do anything, and we can still blame Obama for not doing anything! Best of everything!
This is why Cruz would be a great AG. DOJ is asking - Supreme Court to review.
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The law is CLEAR. The president has NO authority to change federal immigration laws.
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