On Monday, Gov. Nathan Deal (R-GA) rescinded his executive order of some weeks ago in which he ordered all state agencies not to participate in federal efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in the state of Georgia (i.e., no food stamps or other assistance).
After warnings from the federal government, which has sole authority over refugee settlement, and after an opinion by Georgia's Attorney General Sam Olens that the governor did not have the authority, Gov. Deal issued his one-sentence order that rescinded his earlier executive action.
Nathan Deal has been wrong again and again, but it's usually been errors in judgment driven by his conservative political ideology, as well as a major breach of common sense and humantarian sensibility. This time he was wrong on a matter of the law as well.
Of course, he's already guilty of lacking common sense and humantarian sensibility in refusing to expand Medicaid -- that would help hundreds of thousands of Georgians get health care and bring in huge amounts of federal money, create jobs, etc.
Ralph
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