I wrote this in another thread....
Here is what I predict will happen after Trump’s EO:
Democratic voters who are currently celebrating a “win” will turn against the executive order as they realize it did not achieve the DNC goal of ending the zero tolerance policy.
Next, news will surface that, armed with SCOTUS precedents, an appeals court (almost certainly the 9th Circuit of Appeals) will strike down the executive order as illegal ( BTW, In my opinion, the EO *IS* illegal and an usurpation of the law, so yes, it will and should lose).
Sometime later, the SCOTUS will almost certainly agree, as the legislative landscape will not change. The inevitable conclusion from these events is nearly where we are now:
Trump will square off with the DNC again, insisting that lack of legislation allowing families to be detained together is the cause of families being separated.
This time, most Americans will understand that an executive order can’t keep families awaiting trial together. The only question is, will the DNC be honest about their goal of using the familial separation to end zero tolerance, or will they find yet another way to obscure their true goals?
And by that time, it will be close to the Mid term elections. WE SHALL SEE WHAT THE VOTERS DECIDE....
I got a chance to read the EO last night. Doesn’t look like a retreat to me.
It looks like he’s making the most out of a huge opportunity here. Exposing the fact that this policy has been in place for the last 22 years is one such.