Judge Dana Douglas argues that because the government previously declined to enforce a law, it is now prohibited from doing so.
In an important recent immigration decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, two of the judges, Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan, did what judges are supposed to do. They applied federal law exactly as it is written. The third judge, Biden appointee Dana Douglas, ignored the law and did her own thing. We began the Dishonorable Judicial Conduct Award for judges who refuse to follow the law and instead twist it, or ignore it altogether, to achieve the policy outcome they want. Judge Douglas has earned the next one.