Here is your Morning Brief for May 27, 2015

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Run for Governor!

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to push the idea that a Governor or former Governor should be elected as the next President. According to The Weekly Standard, Perry said that Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul should all go back home and run for Governor before running for President.

"I’ve had more than one individual say, 'You know what, if you want to be the president of the United States, you ought to go back to your home state and be the governor and get that executive experience before you go lead this country,'" said Perry.

The former governor calls the senators "Marco, Ted, and Rand," and made sure to say he has "great respect" for the trio. "They are smart as a tree full of owls," said Perry, "These guys are very, very capable United States senators."

Earlier in the day, Perry had addressed the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City. The Texas Republican seemed to have Paul, who had just completed a filibuster on the Senate floor to block the renewal of the NSA's wiretapping program, on his mind during the speech. "Leadership's not just a speech on the Senate floor, it's a record of action," he told the crowd. Perry later denied in his interview with TWS that the statement was a specific shot at Paul.

Expect this line of attack from Rick Perry to continue throughout the primary. I wouldn't be surprised if it surfaced during his announcement speech next week in Dallas either. For many Republican voters, what Perry says makes sense. However, with national security being the number one priority for most primary voters, the line of attack could fall short.

Still, it's one of the best arguments Rick Perry has right now.

Immigration

According to FOX News, President Obama and his executive actions on immigration took another hit yesterday.

The U.S. Justice Department had asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's earlier decision temporarily halting the administration's plan. Hanen issued the temporary hold in February, after 26 states filed a lawsuit alleging Obama's action was unconstitutional.

Two out of the three judges on a court panel, though, voted Tuesday to deny the government's request, as the underlying case is argued.

White House Spokesperson Brandi Hoffine said after the ruling, "today, two judges of the Fifth Circuit chose to misinterpret the facts and the law in denying the government's request for a stay."

The majority opinion reasoned that lifting the temporary hold -- known in judicial parlance as issuing a "stay" -- could cause serious problems for states should they ultimately win their challenge. It said the states have shown that "issuance of the stay will substantially injure" them.

It continued: "A stay would enable DAPA beneficiaries to apply for driver's licenses and other benefits, and it would be difficult for the states to retract those benefits or recoup their costs even if they won on the merits. That is particularly true in light of the district court's findings regarding the large number of potential beneficiaries, including at least 500,000 in Texas alone."

Of course the federal government will continue to take this to court, but right now this seems to be the most effective way of stopping parts of President Obama's agenda of overreach.

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