Posted on 02/07/2017 6:45:33 AM PST by OddLane
The big news to come out of the President’s first weeks in office is a federal judge enjoining his executive order blocking immigration from 7 nations of concern. The motion by the Trump administration for an emergency stay has been denied by the 9th Circuit, a decision which bodes ill for its ultimate fate, as Andrew McCarthy points out, although the court will hear the challenge later today. There are a number of troubling aspects to this ruling, foremost among them being the idea that a single judge can influence American foreign policy and national security based upon specious legal reasoning.
This is a distressingly familiar sight for the patriotic immigration reform movement, which has seen a single judge thwart Proposition 187-consigning California to its current dismal fate-and another obstruct the implementation of SB 1070-the law which inspired this very website.
The biggest threat to President Trump’s immigration agenda, beyond the attempt by the Chamber of Commerce wing of the GOP to undermine it within Congress, is judicial obstruction. Immigration law is just one of many domains usurped by the federal judiciary over the past century, however it is one of the most vital to the survival of our republic. Notwithstanding the media-generated fog, this executive order is critically important, not least because it drastically reduces the number of refugees being resettled in the United States and, to the horror of the ACLU, targets criminal aliens...
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The ENTIRE 9th Circuit Court needs to be “blown to pieces” and re-arranged to reflect reason instead of political position. Too many cooks (liberals) spoil the soup.
Trump can still stop issuing new visas. So in the end he wins.
There is law in the constitution to impeach judges and it needs to be used immediately to disgrace and dethrone judge Robarts! GEt him off the bench as an example and maybe others will straighten up and fly right.
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