LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Willful Ignorance? 

Should federal judges be required to have a basic knowledge of the U.S. Constitution?

The very first word in Article I, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution is “All”: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.” However, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was created (actually “legislated” into existence)  in 2012 by President Barack Obama — not by Congress — as a stopgap measure that would shield from deportation people who were brought into the United States as children. 

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