No, YOU don't understand. Trump is letting a circuit court judge usurp his legal, constitutional authority in this matter. To make things worse, not only is he not asserting his well grounded authority to enforce his EO, he's now appealing to the judicial branch to give him permission to act as president.
Wrong move, and my gut tells me it wasn't Trump's first instinctual response. My guess is, he was talked into making this pussy play by members of his advisory team.
Now that he's done it, things will play out exactly as most Freepers could have told him. The 9th Circuit will uphold the lower court ruling, throwing it to the Supremes, who will predictably deadlock, which then throws it back to the 9th Circuit decision.
Result? The President's authority under statute law and the Constitution is rendered null and void.
I'm so pissed about this, I could spit nails!
I gotta say l think YOU are right, this was an opportunity to finally, finally put one of these activist Judges in his place so now it looks like Trump is stuck playing a losing game.
Give me a break.
Immigration law being the Executive Branch's domain is codified in granite. Just 5 years ago SCOTUS smacked down AZ for merely ordering their law enforcement to follow the same laws as the Feds.
Look, this country is at a tipping point. If Trump would have defied this judge, the powder keg would have exploded. I for one don't mind that it does, because we need to deal with it sooner or later, but Trump's presidency is just days old.
Let the judges and the Left enjoy their Pyrrhic victory. My prediction is that even the 9th Circus will uphold Trump's order and if it goes to SCOTUS they'll smack it down as well.