We shared with you a recently that one brave federal judge nailed Obama’s Department of (In)Justice for being “intentionally deceptive” to the court in the high-profile challenge to President Obama’s deportation amnesty by executive action. Judge Andrew S. Hanen ordered remedial ethics classes for all department lawyers at headquarters in Washington who practice in any of the 26 states that sued over the amnesty — “taught by at least one recognized ethics expert who is unaffiliated with the Justice Department.”
Today, as the Washington Times reports, the Dept of Justice filed an emergency motion to fight back against the judge’s orders. It accused him of exceeding his authority, which is rather rich coming from the administration who takes unilateral action with the president’s pen and phone — exactly what led to this whole situation in the first place.
Moreover, it objected to the order to take ethics classes, using cost as a barrier. Really??? First of all, does anyone believe the Obama administration is suddenly fiscally responsible? Nah. But it holds absolutely zero water when you consider the remedial ethics classes are purported to cost $1 million — compared with the $113 billion (yes BILLION) illegal immigration is estimated to cost annually, according to a study by Federation for American Immigration Reform. (Of course, admittedly, perhaps it would be cheaper to just FIRE the DoJ lawyers and hire some who don’t need remedial ethics classes…)