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[GK86]

Keep running your mouth, you cheeto.

A federal judge in California has denied a request by the Trump administration to remove an injunction halting President Donald Trump's executive order on so-called sanctuary cities from being implemented.

The move further thwarts the Trump White House's attempt to effectively penalize cities providing safe haven to undocumented immigrants by threatening to strip them of federal funding.

On Thursday U.S. District Judge William Orrick III in San Francisco moved to decline a request by the Justice Department to reconsider whether a memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions narrowed the scope of Trump's executive action and lifted the need for an injunction. The judge said the narrower interpretation released by Sessions did not alter the court's initial April decision to impose the block.

In ruling against the Trump administration's motion, Orrick said that "that the Counties have standing, that their claims against the Executive Order are ripe, and that they are likely to succeed on the merits of those claims."

In filing his April injunction, Orrick cited public comments from Sessions and Trump regarding the scope of the administration to dismiss notion's that the executive order would simply be used to enforce existing law.

"If there was doubt about the scope of the Order, the President and Attorney General have erased it with their public comments," Orrick wrote. "The Constitution vests the spending power in Congress, not the President, so the Order cannot constitutionally place new conditions on federal funds."

 

[Wulfric]

Oh, Donald and his big mouth.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

Furious Trump tweet coming soon.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Twitter (and really, Trump's need to be heard) has been a savior for us so far this presidency.

 

[TheCochese]

What a great week so far.

 

[zer0blivion]

 

[Violence Jack]

Donald L Trump

 

[Strike]

I wonder if he's tired of winning yet.

 

[WiiredShawn]

This is one meme I don't mind exhausting.

 

[Makonero]

This is one meme I don't mind exhausting.

Shockingly, I'm still not tired of winning!