In Major Blow to ACLU, Judge Finds Trump Immigration Ban Doesn’t Discriminate Against Muslims
by Rachel Stockman | 6:05 pm, February 3rd, 2017 362
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In a major blow to the ACLU, a federal judge in Boston refused to extend an order which temporarily put a stop to a portion of Trump’s controversial “extreme vetting” immigration order. Judge Nathaniel Gorton, a President George H.W. Bush appointee, decided not to renew the temporary restraining order which was set to expire on Sunday. This ruling is significant because it is the first time that the Trump administration has scored a victory after a series of orders nationwide slamming the ban.
The ACLU argued that the Executive Order violated the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution because it favors Christians over Muslims. However, the judge found that nothing in the order “compels a finding that Christians are preferred to any other group.”
In addition, he found the plaintiffs lacked standing. “Plaintiffs are not, however, refugees seeking admission to the United States and consequently, any future implementation of Section 5 (b) would not personally affect them,” the judge wrote.
Judge Gorton found that while the Fifth Amendment protects “invidious discrimination by the Federal government” against aliens, there is a difference between the constitutional rights enjoyed by non-citizens who have entered the U.S. and those outside of it.
“The decision to prevent aliens from entering the country is a ‘fundamental sovereign attribute’ realized through the legislative and executive branches that is largely immune from judicial control,” the judge wrote (citations omitted). In other words, the President has the right to make immigration decisions, without interference from the courts.
The court’s previous temporary order, which has now been lifted, stopped the deportation not only of two college professors, but also ordered the government to stop blocking deportation of others “similarly situated.” The case is being handled by attorneys from the ACLU and was originally brought on behalf of Mazdak Pourabdollah Tootkaboni and Arghavan Louhghalam, Iranian nationals and associate professors at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. They are both lawful permanent residents of the United States. The case was amended to include five other Iranian nationals and Oxfam America. The judge found that in light of the Trump administration’s statement that the order was not intended to apply to lawful permanent residents, the claims for injunctive relief by the professors are now moot.
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You like most right wing lemmings have not a clue what the constitution means,Originally Posted by RPETER65
so far he has delivered the goods,
let's hope he goes crazy a bit further this week with a new batch of Executive Orders
Byron York: Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order | Washington Examiner
DOJ demolishes the court order suspending the eo on immigration by the grandstanding so called judge, he, not trump overeached his powers. No surprise there.
Then why are the immigration officials acting as if Trump's EO never happened?Originally Posted by longway
Trump needs to fire a few immigration officials who are not following his orders
should do this on TV for good measure
this is going to be such a great week
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING... this is what Trump and Putin are up to:
Exxon Mobil, under Rex Tillerson, brokered a deal with Russia in 2013 for 60 million acres of Russian land to pump oil out of, but all that Russian oil went through pipelines in the Ukraine, who heavily taxed the proceeds, and were applying for admission into NATO at the time.
Putin subsequently invaded Ukraine in 2014, secured the routes to export the oil tax-free by sea, and took control of the port where their Black Sea Naval Fleet is based, by taking the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine by force and not giving it back. This was Hitler-tier imperialism that broke every international law in the free world.
After Obama sanctioned Russia for the invasion, they could only pump oil from approximately 3 of those 60 million acres. But now Rex Tillerson is soon to be our Secretary of State, and as of today, there’s information circulating that Donald Trump will likely unilaterally remove all sanctions against Russia in the coming days or weeks.
Putin will make half a trillion (500 Billion) dollars from that much untapped oil. All pumped tax-free through Crimea, stolen from Ukraine, now owned by Russia. Putin may have subverted our government just to become the richest man in the world. **According to leaked docs Trump will get 19% cut.
Or fire a few of those pesky "so called" judges. How dare they defy his orders?Originally Posted by Dragonfly
Nevermind. He can't fire immigration officials following a court order and those damn federal judges all were given life time appointments by congress. Welcome to the swamp Don.
^ look up what the justice department is you silly fuckwit. Free hint: its not a right wing website. Another hint sctually read the article.
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Why do you write in Tinglish? Are you Za's even more retarded brother?Originally Posted by longway
(i) They did not "demolish" anything, they simply submitted their rebuttal.
(ii) The Washington Examiner isn't right wing? You idiot. It is owned by a conservative billionaire jesus wheezer you moron.
Witless trumpkins, they have no idea how badly they are getting fucked up the arse.When Anschutz started the Examiner in its daily newspaper format, he envisioned creating a conservative competitor to The Washington Post. According to Politico, "When it came to the editorial page, Anschutz's instructions were explicit—he 'wanted nothing but conservative columns and conservative op-ed writers,' said one former employee."
I look forward to all the squealing when they finally work it all out (if they ever do).
^ ^ Tell someone who gives a fuck you silly old [at][at][at][at].
What a c u n t.
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