03-16-2017, 11:07 AM
On a separate note, Trump's second attempt at a "watered down" travel/immigration ban was denied by federal district judges in Hawaii and Maryland yesterday. It's stalled again.
The judges are citing candidate Trump's repeated campaign rhetoric against Muslims as indicative that he's trying to accomplish a veiled and unconstitutional Muslim ban by starting with the six countries listed in the Executive Order. In addition, the judges noted there is no proof or history to support the claimed threat to national security cited in the EO.
I could well be wrong, but still think if the revised ban EO makes it to the Supreme Court, which President Trump is now promising, the Justices will probably overturn the lower courts' decisions based on the actual content of the revised EO, which removed all references to religion. Getting it through the Supreme Court would be more likely if there's a full Supreme Court in place (which is gonna take a while). Even without proof or history of the cited threat, the President does have broad power when it comes to national security. Anyway, for now, the ban is once again denied.
I don't know why Trump threatened to resubmit the original stricter EO at a rally yesterday, except to toss red meat to his base. That was shortsighted and bad strategy, in my opinion. I don't think the White House lawyers would let that happen -- they must be at their wits' end.
The judges are citing candidate Trump's repeated campaign rhetoric against Muslims as indicative that he's trying to accomplish a veiled and unconstitutional Muslim ban by starting with the six countries listed in the Executive Order. In addition, the judges noted there is no proof or history to support the claimed threat to national security cited in the EO.
I could well be wrong, but still think if the revised ban EO makes it to the Supreme Court, which President Trump is now promising, the Justices will probably overturn the lower courts' decisions based on the actual content of the revised EO, which removed all references to religion. Getting it through the Supreme Court would be more likely if there's a full Supreme Court in place (which is gonna take a while). Even without proof or history of the cited threat, the President does have broad power when it comes to national security. Anyway, for now, the ban is once again denied.
I don't know why Trump threatened to resubmit the original stricter EO at a rally yesterday, except to toss red meat to his base. That was shortsighted and bad strategy, in my opinion. I don't think the White House lawyers would let that happen -- they must be at their wits' end.