Although he won't have any actual 'legal' influence in the case, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is essentially lending his support to a Virginia case.
Thursday, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson released what his office is calling "guidance" for local communities when it comes to dealing with immigration issues. Critics are already saying it's the latest in Ferguson's history of defying and hindering Federal immigration law.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has been often referred to by conservative political experts as the 'circus' court of appeals, and sometimes even less than civil names. It's because the court has traditionally upheld, in their opinion, liberal interpretations of law. As far back as 2003, noted columnist George Will referred to the court as such.
According to information released by the Washington State Attorney General's office, a Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction halting the enforcement of President Trump's Executive Order on immigration, the injunction reportedly affects it nationwide.
U.S. District Court Senior Judge James Robart will decide Friday if a lawsuit filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson challenging the Presidential Executive Order issued by Trump should stand, or allow the Order to be enacted.
There's been a lot of heated discussion over President Trump's Executive Order suspending immigration from seven nations suspected of harboring terrorism, as well as suspending visa processing. WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Trump. But according to the National Review, Trump's order does not violate the Constitution. Here's why.
However, Attorney General Bob Ferguson failed to recall the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, and it's interesting to note that Trump's predecessor in the White House did a very similar thing in 2011. But you probably didn't hear about it.
Attorney George Herrmann of Tacoma had just taken over for George Paul Trejo Jr. of Yakima when he, too was sent packing. The widow and family of Antonio Zambrano-Montes (shot by Pasco police Feb. 10) has now hired Benjamin Crump, the same attorney who represented the families of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Treyvon Martin in Florida.