More and more chief Justice Roberts has been playing games with the court to achieve the policy outcomes he desires. This case concerns president obamas executive amnesty, amnesty that president obama decreed directly contrary to federal law. He did so with no Legal Authority. He did so in open defiance of federal statutes. And of course he was celebrated in the press for doing so. Obamas executive amnesty was illegal the day it was issued, and not one single justice of the Nine Supreme Court justices disputed that, not a one. Chief justice rosh roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by the four liberal justices on the court. This is becoming a pattern. The majority assumes that daca, obamas executive amnesty is illegal and then bizarrely holds that the Trump Administration cant stop implementing a policy that is illegal. Think about that for a second. And in fact, its even worse. The majority explicitly concedes of course the administration can stop an illegal policy. All parties agree, thats a quote, all parties agree, that, quote, dhs may rescind daca, okay, easy, everyone agrees. Dhs can rescind daca; right . Not so fast. A clever little twist. The majority says you know what . The agencys legal explanation wasnt detailed enough. Yeah, you got the authority to do it. Everyone agrees. Theres no argument that you dont have the authority to do it, but were checking your homework, and you know the memo you wrote explaining it just didnt have all the details we need. Just a touch more, so start over. Whats interesting, mr. President , is that is exactly the slight of hand that chief Justice Roberts did almost exactly a year ago today. In another case, where the chief joined with the four liberals from the court and struck down another one of the Trump Administrations policies. In that case, a year ago, the Commerce Department, which is charged by the constitution with conducting a census every ten years, the Commerce Department wanted to ask a common sense question, the course of the census, are you a citizen of the United States . Thats a question thats been asked in nearly every census since 1820. It isnt that complicated someone in the course of a census are you a citizen . But in todays politically fraught world, the Democratic Party has decided they are the party of illegal immigration, as is the press, and so what did john roberts do a year ago . Same thing. Wrote an opinion said of course the Commerce Department has the authority in the census to ask if youre a citizen. Of course they have. Weve done it since 1820. For those who are math impaired, thats 200 years ago, and steadily since then to every ten years, over and over and over again, but no, no, no, john roberts, a little twist of hand. You know what . The Commerce Department didnt explain their reasoning just clearly enough. We looked at their memo announcing it, announcing that they were making a policy decision that questioned Legal Authority to do, that bill clinton had asked that question, the bill clinton administration. But john roberts and the four liberals are going to strike it down because they say it wasnt explained clearly enough. Mr. President , this is a charade. Last year they pretended it was just about the agency could go back and do it again. They knew full well there wasnt time to do it again. That they had to start the census, and so they got the results they wanted. They didnt like as a policy matter asking this. No legal reason, no Legal Authority to strike it down, so play a little game. Go back and start over. Of course now were doing the census without asking that question. Thats the same game here today in daca. They dont like the policy, so they say just go back and do it over. Just give a little more explanation. Just start over. Everyone knows the game they are playing. They are hoping that in november in the election that theres a different result in the election, that theres a new administration that comes in that decides amnesty is a good thing. And so this slight of hand is all about playing policy. Five justices today held that it was illegal for the Trump Administration to stop breaking the law. Thats bizarre. And the reasoning is because the Obama Administration violated federal immigration laws, for now, wink, wink, lets pretend because thats what they are doing is pretending, trump has to continue violating the law of behaving illegally, and mr. President , chief Justice Roberts knows exactly what hes doing. We saw earlier this week a decision rewriting title 7 of our civil rights laws, rewriting title 7, the prohibition on sex discrimination, on discrimination against women or against men, rewriting it to add Sexual Orientation or gender identity. Now, as a policy matter, there are a lot of people that support that. Indeed legislation to do that has passed the house of representatives twice. Its passed this body once. But the court just rewrote it. The court just engaged in legislation plain and simple, as Justice Alito powerfully wrote in a dissent. By the way chief Justice Roberts again in the majority, assigned that majority. This is gamesmanship. Chief Justice Roberts knows exactly what hes doing. The fact that elites in washington dont see a problem with illegal immigration doesnt answer the reality for millions of working men and women who do. And these kind of games ultimately make a mockery of the rule of law. They make a mockery of the constitution and bill of rights. The same we saw chief Justice Roberts do several years ago, upholding obama care, where again just with a little flip of the wrist, he changed the penalty into a tax. Thats not clever. Thats lawless. This decision today was lawless. It was gamesmanship, and it was contrary to the judicial oath, that each of the nine justices has taken. I yield the floor. During the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with cspans congressional directory. It contains all the Contact Information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. Order your copy online today, at cspan store. Org. Cspans washington journal every day. Were taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. Coming up friday morning, former new York City Police commissioner Bernard Kerik on efforts to reform policing in the u. S. 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