Lesley Stahl Frets That Courts Aren't Doing Enough to Thwart Republicans

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Lesley Stahl Frets That Courts Aren't Doing Enough to Thwart Republicans
By Jack Coleman | April 25, 2017 | 6:16 PM EDT


Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, Samuel Johnson famously observed. And the courts become a desperate refuge for liberals after they lose an election, political observers inevitably witness.

Practically as soon as "controversial" Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski was introduced on Sunday's 60 Minutes by reporter Lesley Stahl, you could see her pitch coming.

In a filing last month, Kozinski and four other judges on the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of President Trump's original ban on travelers from seven Muslim majority countries, stating that his decision was "well within the powers of the presidency."
 


Source URL: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jack-coleman/2017/04/25/lesley-stahl-frets-courts-arent-doing-enough-thwart-republicans

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That's because they think judges should be holy robed priests, interpreting liberal catechism, not the Constitution.