Rand Paul: Obama's executive action on immigration could end up at the Supreme Court

Rand Paul: Obama's executive action on immigration could end up at the Supreme Court
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is hoping history will repeat itself in the case of President Obama's impending executive action on immigration.

During the Truman administration, the Supreme Court overturned an executive order directing the government to run many of the steel mills in the country amid heightened demand from the Korean War. Citing that historic case, Paul said on Sean Hannity's show last night that the Supreme Court could act similarly if the president were to move ahead on amnesty for illegal immigrants without the consent of Congress.

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Teresa Mull