RE: Trump Claims He Can Use Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship
November 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2018 at 8:34 pm by Dr H.)
(October 31, 2018 at 4:45 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: . . . It would undermine confidence in the courts, politics, Republicans, and the rule of law, . . .
I think that horse has already left the barn.
(November 1, 2018 at 6:38 am)wyzas Wrote: While not attempting to eliminate birthright I can see him trying to restrict it thru executive order.
That he could maybe do, to some extent, for a while.
But not for long.
(November 1, 2018 at 10:05 pm)Tres Leches Wrote:(October 31, 2018 at 4:08 pm)Dr H Wrote: The Supreme Court cannot amend the Constitution, either.No, but the US Supreme Court adjudicates the constitutionality of laws and of executive orders signed by the president. It's already happened with Trump's travel ban from mostly Muslim countries that he signed after he was in office a week. The Supreme Court upheld the executive order in June.
-Teresa
Trump can make noise and cause havoc -- he's demonstrated that adequately.
But none of that is permanent; neither are executive orders.
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Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
