Trump vows to restore travel ban suspended by federal judge

[still_one]

Source: BBC

US President Donald Trump has vowed to overturn a legal ruling which suspended his ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim states.

He described federal judge James Robart as a "so-called" justice whose "ridiculous" opinion "essentially takes law-enforcement away from" the US.

Judge Robart ruled that the prohibition was unconstitutional.

Several airlines have said they are allowing nationals targeted by the ban to board flights to America.

"The opinion of this so-called judge, which The US administration argues that his executive order last week, which caused confusion and anger, is designed to protect the US.

The ban's implementation was halted with immediate effect by Judge Robart's ruling in Seattle.



Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38868571

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Trump needs to be impeached. He is a danger to the United States, and to the world

[lark]

1. So far so good.

He's not threatening a constitutional showdown so far. Guess he thinks he'll be upheld by SCOTUS, but I since this doesn't involve big business rights, Kennedy could easily come down onthe correct side and keep the ban in place.

[still_one]

2. Not only do I think Kennedy will, I think Roberts might. This is serious

shit the executive branch is doing. He is disparaging the Judicial Branch. I really think he believes he has dictatorial power. He has no understanding of our government, or the separation of powers.

[Igel]

32. Disparaging the legislative branch is no worse.

Nor is disparaging the executive.

It's not the branches of government that are at issue. It's the personalities. Which we have to recast as larger issues involving the branches, not the people, because otherwise it sounds truly petty.

The problem isn't the disparagement, but who's doing it. We have no trouble dissing whatever branch we don't like, and that's fine; but if others disparage the branch we do like, that's reprehensible and traitorous. It boils down to "me good, you bad; me smart, you stupid; me virtuous, you immoral; me patriotic, you traitor." In rather stark, absolutist terms that flip-flop issue by issue.

Obama says horrible things about the legislative, red meat for the believers. His administration talks about needing to redo SCOTUS (presumably, the entailment is, because it's currently wrong-headed) and we cheer--but notice, that's disparagement of the judicial branch. A SCOTUS member even suggests bad things about Obama, we're out for blood, but if one suggests bad things about Bush it's atrocious.

Give no respect, get no respect, get pissed off because you got no respect ... leading to giving abuse instead of respect, getting abuse, and getting even more pissed off. We're all playing at being the smallest men (or self-actualizing individual H. sapiens ) possible.

[still_one]

34. He is trashing the separation of powers

[drray23]

22. Even conservative Supreme Court judges will vote to keep the ban.

They will not want to let the executive branch walk over the judicial branch.

[Volaris]

23. I agree. Roberts takes his responsibility as guardian of the Court as an Institution

Pretty seriously (I'll give him credit where its due) and the man isn't likely to lose a pissing contest in his own house, if it comes to that.

[randome]

3. "So-called judge".

No respect, no knowledge of how the world works. Donald Trump, you are an embarrassment to the world.
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[riversedge]

16. More demeaning name calling from Trump. Whow-his school yard bullying is in full steam today.

[HopeAgain]

19. What do you expect from this "so-called President?" n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

29. Also "minority president"

It drives him crazy, I'll bet.

[lastlib]

28. This "so-called president" doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

Somebody on Twitter needs to start a #socalledpresident hashtag!

I may start referring to him that way.

[Mc Mike]

4. "dRumpf vows" is turning into a shop worn phrase,

precursing the latest empty threats, promises to be broken, lying pledges, and ersatz lofty goals coming from orange hitler.

Sounds 'powerful' and 'presidential', though.

Those guys are so full of bovine manure that they should open a drumpf-brand fertilizer subsidiary.

[lark]

5. I think there already is one.

It's called the Republican party, or as I call them the repugs.

[still_one]

6. I prefer repukes

[Augiedog]

8. Shitbags works for me

[SayItLoud]

9. RePUBES

RePUBES is my choice.

[joshdawg]

12. All of the above are spot on.

Definitely regressives.

[still_one]

17. +++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Mc Mike]

7. With you there, lark. Wonder if my retirement fund can invest.

Stock value is sure to be on the upswing, with the huge boom in inventory generation they're exhibiting.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Around 500,000 lawful permit residents from the seven targeted countries not considered by the

dummy who issued the poorly worded EO? Who are now being considered by legal class, proving how utterly dumb it all was, not clever at all.

[Marthe48]

26. EO written on toilet paper by a ninny

n/t

[pamdb]

11. mein trumpf

He is not a "so-called judge" you man child pussy grabber, he IS a judge.

[mopinko]

13. yeah, if he does that better be it.

before he gets us into a shootin war.

[WhiteTara]

14. How is he going to overturn this order?

With another EO? Or take it to SCOTUS? Right now, it wouldn't hold up, but with Goresuck, it could.

[still_one]

18. I don't know about that. Kennedy and Roberts might not

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Richard Nixon would never have gotten away with it

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

20. The more he gets thwarted the more crazy he will show himself to be

Republicans NEED to impeach him before he gets all butt hurt and drops a nuke on California or something.

[orangecrush]

21. What you said. n/t

[manicraven]

24. "We will not be intimidated," Washington State Governor Jay Inslee told a room full of reporters.

Our state is fighting bacK! Washington is first state to sue Trump over immigration order, and the federal judge who halted the Muslim ban is from Seattle and even a George Bush appointee.

“The Constitution prevailed today,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement after the ruling. “No one is above the law — not even the President.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317884-washington-state-judge-halts-trump-immigration-ban-nationwide

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-washington-state-lawsuit-trump-travel-ban-20170130-story.html

Super proud of my state right now!

[Historic NY]

25. So is he going to the SCOTUS?/?

[joanbarnes]

27. Stated by a 'so-called' (p)resident.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

30. What are the consequences for a president being held in contempt of court?

Is a perp walk with his wrists handcuffed too much to ask?

[MFM008]

31. Maggot

Is not used to being told "no".
Get used to it.

[treestar]

33. lol he can't even get the department of Homeland Security

and State to carry it out, and they are under him as executive branch.

It is a constitutional crisis for him to deny the other branch has its power.