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Bill Schuette's political AGenda
Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2015, 09:49 AM - Edit history (1)
Whenever conservatives project their own desire to use the courts for political activism onto liberals they must have a hard time keeping straight faces?
Here is just one more example...
Wednesday, April 8,2015
In the name of Schuette
AG furthers political ambition through courts
by Mickey Hirten
If you´re a citizen in Michigan there are lots of things you are against. At least in the courts.
You oppose same-sex marriage. You want to gut the Affordable Care Act. You object to President Obama´s plan to temporarily defer the deportation of 5 million undocumented immigrants.
Not on your agenda? It doesn´t matter. These are the positions advanced by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette in federal courts. An attorney general has wide latitude to pursue actions that advance a political agenda, and Schuette´s alignment with other Republican attorneys general does just that.
The deportation lawsuit is the latest example of Schuette’s padding his case for a 2018 gubernatorial run by currying favor with deep-pocket right-wing donors and Tea Party intolerants. Filed in the arch-conservative Southern District of Texas federal court, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen on Feb. 16 ordered a preliminary injunction to block government´s deferral action. It was done in your name.
Unlike the other 24 state plaintiffs in the case listed simply as the State of Alabama or Gov. Paul R. LePage, State of Maine, for our state it is “Bill Schuette, People of Michigan.” It may seem like a small distinction, but the symbolism shouldn´t be ignored. Think how it will look in campaign literature...
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-11241-in-the-name-of-schuette.html
In the name of Schuette
AG furthers political ambition through courts
by Mickey Hirten
If you´re a citizen in Michigan there are lots of things you are against. At least in the courts.
You oppose same-sex marriage. You want to gut the Affordable Care Act. You object to President Obama´s plan to temporarily defer the deportation of 5 million undocumented immigrants.
Not on your agenda? It doesn´t matter. These are the positions advanced by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette in federal courts. An attorney general has wide latitude to pursue actions that advance a political agenda, and Schuette´s alignment with other Republican attorneys general does just that.
The deportation lawsuit is the latest example of Schuette’s padding his case for a 2018 gubernatorial run by currying favor with deep-pocket right-wing donors and Tea Party intolerants. Filed in the arch-conservative Southern District of Texas federal court, U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen on Feb. 16 ordered a preliminary injunction to block government´s deferral action. It was done in your name.
Unlike the other 24 state plaintiffs in the case listed simply as the State of Alabama or Gov. Paul R. LePage, State of Maine, for our state it is “Bill Schuette, People of Michigan.” It may seem like a small distinction, but the symbolism shouldn´t be ignored. Think how it will look in campaign literature...
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-11241-in-the-name-of-schuette.html
