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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember this? Cuccinelli isn't even supposed to have authority and anything he does
Should be overturned.
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/811023475/judge-says-ken-cuccinelli-was-appointed-unlawfully-to-top-immigration-post
Judge Says Ken Cuccinelli Was Appointed Unlawfully To Top Immigration Post
March 1, 2020
A federal judge ruled on Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli's appointment to a top immigration position in the Trump administration was unlawful, saying several directives issued by Cuccinelli to tighten asylum rules must now be "set aside."
In a 55-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said the administration violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act when it tapped Cuccinelli in June 2019 to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency within the Department of Homeland Security that oversees legal immigration into the country.
The ruling invalidated a pair of directives issued by Cuccinelli, an immigration hard-liner and the former attorney general of Virginia, that introduced new restrictions on the asylum process.
The first directive shortened the length of time asylum-seekers have to prepare for "credible fear interviews" with officials from 48 or 72 hours to "one full calendar day from the date of arrival at a detention facility." With the second, Cuccinelli prohibited asylum officers from granting extensions to this new policy "except in the most extraordinary of circumstances. On the merits, the Court concludes that Cuccinelli was not lawfully appointed to serve as acting Director and that, as a result, he lacked authority to issue the reduced-time-to-consult and prohibition-on-extensions directives," Moss wrote in his ruling.
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Remember this? Cuccinelli isn't even supposed to have authority and anything he does (Original Post)
mahina
Jul 2020
OP
So he probably doesn't have any authority to send anonymous thugs to Portland either yes?
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2020
#3
magicarpet
(14,168 posts)1. He reminds me of Tom Cotton. Same Fascist thought process.
2naSalit
(86,779 posts)2. Looks like they need to be reminded
in the strongest of terms.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. So he probably doesn't have any authority to send anonymous thugs to Portland either yes?
Yeehah
(4,593 posts)4. Prosecute & imprison all those who violated law
starting at the top,
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)5. An unlawful appointee? How utterly shocking.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)6. Cucc was such a recognized loser that the RNC quit funding him before the VA race for guv was voted
Cucc was such a recognized loser that the RNC quit funding him before the VA race for guv was voted on.
Cha
(297,655 posts)8. Ha.. I just read something that said KC lost
narrowly to Gov McAuliffe.
That doesn't seem to be the way I remember it!
Ken Cuccinelli Loses Narrowly to Terry McAuliffe for Virginia Governor
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ken-cuccinelli-loses-narrowly-to-terry-mcauliffe-for-virginia-governor
Cha
(297,655 posts)7. Mahalo for the reminder, mahina.. I remember
KC lost to Gov Terry McAuliffe of Virginia.. narrowly it said.
Wow Did Virginia Dodge a Bullet or What?!
mahina
(17,697 posts)10. Oh man, that's the truth.
🤙🏼🤙🏼
dalton99a
(81,576 posts)9. Kick