Why those Muslim countries?
Wasn't it Saudis that flew planes into the twin towers, shouldn't we start there!

(January 29, 2017 at 3:02 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: To continue with the legal lesson you may want to bone up on 8 US Code Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens.  It's a long read but it says that whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the US would be detrimental to the interests of the US, he may issue an EO for as long as he likes to suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions that he may deem appropriate.

That's my summary since I can't get the Draft function to work.

Now pay attention.  You will notice that the President has that exclusive power.  He doesn't have to kiss the Congress Critters' behinds to do it.  And guess what?  Judges can't stop him from doing it.  So if he had wanted to he could have barred those people from entry and deported them on the next flight.  

The Judge should be disbarred for her criminal behavior.  

Trump is in charge and he can kick ass and take names if he wants to.  Of course Congress can impeach him but all hell would break loose if they did.

1) Judges can indeed stop him from doing it, legally. He may still do it in defiance of a court order; but then that would rather underline his criminality to obviously. And Congress can repeal that law.

2) Since he cannot demonstrate that all the people in the barred populations fall into the criteria laid out by that law, you'd best get ready for the expenditure of tax funds fighting entirely avoidable lawsuits as people whose rights have been violated seek redress.

Clearly, the violation of rights doesn't bother you. Hope you enjoy when it's your ass getting the Kafka Treatment®.

(January 29, 2017 at 6:05 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:

(January 28, 2017 at 6:37 pm)scififan Wrote: Oh....I'm just curious, what's the future of America with Donald Trump ? What's his agendas for this year ?

Have you seen the new Mad Max film?

yes

(January 29, 2017 at 2:13 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: You have gone from a country with a respected leader to a pariah state IN ONE WEEK.

May is busy kissing ass because Trump, apart from Turkey, are the only ones offering trade deals so far.

So fat chance of him being barred from the UK.

Aegon: to be fair I believe green card holders are still "aliens". I'm a green card holder and my "alien registration number" is on my green card.

The issue is that green card holders should have been exempted from the order, because for the most part we are treated like US Citizens when it comes to rights.

(January 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm)abaris Wrote:

(January 29, 2017 at 2:13 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: You have gone from a country with a respected leader to a pariah state IN ONE WEEK.

May is busy kissing ass because Trump, apart from Turkey, are the only ones offering trade deals so far.

So fat chance of him being barred from the UK.

True, but May is not the whole parliament. Just part of the party that made us more dependent on the US at the exact time when we should be separating ourselves from them.