Last I heard our Constitution did not apply to foreign people outside the Borders of our Country and territories. IMHO if hes this wrong on such a fundamental Constitutional concept as Jurisdiction then he is the wrong person for this position.
Oy. Giuliani flunked this test.
It’s already in the federal statutes, I thought this guy was a genius lawyer
I would think that a religion could be defined or classified as being at war with the USA and that removes it’s first amendment privilege.
What Giuliani fails to recognize is that Islam is ALSO a political system. Just as we can ban communists, we can ban Muslims - because it is NOT “just religion”!
But if he prefers a ban on everyone from the Middle East who doesn’t meet strict refugee criteria - and I mean STRICT - then that is OK by me.
No problem. Just ban all immigration from the Middle East and all people whose ancestors were Middle Eastern. That way the law doesn’t discriminate on the basis of religion etc.
Congress can pass whatever immigration laws it wants to keep out foreigners.
There, fixed it.
Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Strangely, the first amendment doesn’t cover foreign people’s or even address immigration....
Rudy must be looking at his pocket edition of the alternative universe constitution....
Given his rationale, it sounds more like he doesn’t WANT to ban muslims, rather than CAN’T ban muslims.
1st Amendment has nothing to do with our policy of admitting aliens.
Jeesh!
Rooty!
You disappoint.
Trump specifically said that we have no verifiable documentation on these Muslim refugees that he wants to temporarily halt. I don’t believe that he meant businessman that have been coming and going here for years.
Islam is no more a religion than Nazism is. Both were started by evil monsters, both ruthlessly killed their opponents and both sought world domination through violence.
I disagree.
The First Amendment covers what you can say or what religion you can practice once you are IN the country.
Not whether you can ENTER the country.
If Trump picked Rudy for DHS, he’s NOT what we want!
Rudy has always been a squish on immigration.
I completely disagree with Giuliani. The First Amendment is about free speech, not the imposition of radical religions.
Yes, it is a violation of Constitutional concepts to bar someone from the country on the basis of their religion.
No, it is NOT a violation of Constitutional concepts to bar someone from entering the country when they come from a country that is known to have terrorist activity.
Government has always had the ability to prohibit entry on the basis of nationality, they just keep bringing up religion to provide an excuse for not doing so.
Mr. G just gulped down that ice cold slurpy, forgot his lines, and his principles, Nation, and proceeded to spout untruths about his knowledge of anything important. Mr. G you might need a crash course on Constitutional catch up. your current answers to important questions is not what WTP wish to hear. When asked by others who is your Homeland Security Chief, it would be embarrassing to point in your direction and state ‘he is’. With answers like that you will go far...to the basement.
The American people have every right to ban foreigners from entering the US for whatever reason they decide. And that includes for reasons of race, religion, national origin, political beliefs, criminal history, age, sex, or morals or even health status. The nation did so routinely in the past and there is nothing in the US Constitution that stops America from doing so now.
...”Stephen Legomsky, former general counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, agreed that the Supreme Court’s decision in upholding the Chinese Exclusion Act would allow for a Trump-style mass exclusion of Muslim visitors to the United States. He noted that Congress would have to pass legislation to carry it out.”
Source: Huff Post