Supremos hand Trump a victory for bigotry
Trump in 2015:
The US Supreme Court partially upheld Donald Trump’s Muslim ban.
[T]he Supreme Court ruled that it will allow a limited version of his Muslim travel ban to take effect.
A series of lower courts had ruled his executive order, banning the entry of people from six Muslim-majority nations and suspending America’s refugee programme, was unconstitutional.
However, the Supreme Court said it would hear arguments from Mr Trump’s lawyers when justices return for their next term in October. It said that in the meantime, it would grant parts of his administration’s emergency request to put the March 6 executive order into effect immediately while what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle continues.
There will be a ban on many people, including refugees and people seeking asylum – they are not welcome in Trumpistan:
The justices said that the travel ban will go into effect “with respect to foreign nationals who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States.” That means people from the six countries and refugees with no such ties would be barred from entry.
Trump’s order embodied his “America First” nationalist message and reflected his views of the dangers posed to the United States by certain immigrants and visitors.
There is likely to be further litigation over who is covered by the ban based on the Supreme Court action. Opponents of the executive order maintain that the court decision kept significant restrictions on the breadth of the travel ban because the vast majority of individuals seeking to come into the United States would have some sort of link to the United States.
And look who backed Trump! What a surprise. Not.
He’s with Trump.
After dodging questions about where he would stand on President Trump’s travel ban, Justice Neil Gorsuch — Trump’s recently appointed Supreme Court pick — was one of three justices on Monday to fully support it.
Gorsuch’s endorsement of the ban is his first major decision that could answer long-running questions about where the young conservative judge will stand on some of Trump’s most controversial ideas.
If Monday’s ruling is any indication, Trump can count on his new guy on the bench.He’s with Trump.
After dodging questions about where he would stand on President Trump’s travel ban, Justice Neil Gorsuch — Trump’s recently appointed Supreme Court pick — was one of three justices on Monday to fully support it.
Gorsuch’s endorsement of the ban is his first major decision that could answer long-running questions about where the young conservative judge will stand on some of Trump’s most controversial ideas.
If Monday’s ruling is any indication, Trump can count on his new guy on the bench.
In a press statement, People for the American Way blasted the decision eloquently:
“Donald Trump’s travel ban is unquestionably designed to discriminate against people of one particular faith. That’s exactly the kind of abuse of government power prohibited by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Everyone who cares about religious liberty should hope that the Court puts this issue to rest when it hears the case in the fall.
“The [Supreme Court]’s decision to stop parts of the ban from going into effect mitigates some of the damage being done to millions of innocent people; but the fact that even part of the ban remains in place is still an insult to Muslims in this country and around the world. This kind of bigotry has no place in the law—which is precisely why it’s prohibited by our Constitution.”
