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From: LindyBill12/13/2005 5:11:14 AM
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The Sierra Club was holding up the building of a fence. Why am I not surprised?

Immigration - Border Control - Judges - Courts
Polipundit

Here’s a gem of a news item likely to fly in well beneath the radars of the frothing-mouth brigades:

Judge Clears Way for Border Fence

A federal judge on Monday lifted the final legal barrier to completing a border fence meant to thwart illegal immigrants in the southwestern corner of the U.S.

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In September, Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff waived all laws and legal challenges to building the final 3 1/2-mile leg [of the fence] through coastal wetlands to the Pacific Ocean.

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups had argued that Chertoff lacked the authority to do what he did.

But U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns said Congress delegated such authority to Chertoff in June. He noted that the executive branch already had significant jurisdiction over national security and immigration.

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That federal trial judge was appointed – yeah, you guessed it – by George W. Bush.

Go figure.
-- Jayson"
polipundit.com
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