Judiciary Wages War on Trump, Jeopardizes National Security
Posted by Robert Law | Mar 17, 2017 | Immigration Blog Posts, Law & Justice, Politics, Trump Administration | 2 |
Judiciary Wages War on Trump, Jeopardizes National Security
An activist federal judge in Hawaii overreached his legitimate authority to block President Trump’s revised national security executive order. Judge Derrick Watson, an Obama appointee, used his 43-page opinion to wage a personal war against the president, hurling verbal insults at the Commander-in-Chief instead of providing legal analysis to justify his temporary restraining order (TRO). Rather than doing his job and interpreting the law—which fully supports the executive order—Judge Watson took the extraordinary step of making policy from the bench. This is now the second time a judge has jeopardized national security by blocking a legitimate executive order.
After his first national security executive order was outrageously blocked, President Trump issued a new one that would ensure foreign nationals are properly vetted before they are allowed to enter the U.S. The executive order is straight forward: individuals from six countries that are hotbeds for terrorism are temporarily barred from entering the country for 90 days. Additionally, the executive order suspends the resettlement of all refugees for 120 days and caps total refugees at 50,000 for the year. Unlike the original order which went into effect immediately, the new one delayed its start by 10 days so no one traveling would be impacted. Predictably, Judge Watson’s ruling came just hours before the travel freeze was set to kick in.
http://immigrationreform.com/2017/03/17/judiciary-wages-war-on-trump-jeopardizes-national-security/
