Trump's lawyer gets pounded by judges with questions about 'Muslim ban' as he fights for travel restrictions to be put back in place - and says White House will take ANY part of the ban being reinstated

[mystery-ak]

Trump's lawyer gets pounded by judges with questions about 'Muslim ban' as he fights for travel restrictions to be put back in place - and says White House will take ANY part of the ban being reinstated

    Judges wanted to know whether the executive branch believes that Trump could bar Muslims from entering the country if he wanted to
    'That's not what the order does here,' August E. Flentje, a DOJ lawyer kept saying
    Flentje asked the court to 'immediately' lift a judge's injunction on Trump's executive order as he went head-to-head with two states
    At the very least, he said, the government should reinstate the part of Trump's order that 'extends beyond people who are in the US or who have been in the US'
    The hearing before the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges was the greatest legal challenge yet to the ban
    Judge Michelle Friedland asked whether the government has any evidence connecting the nations covered by the ban to terrorism
    Judges Richard Clifton and William Canby wanted to know about the Muslim ban

By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 18:59 EST, 7 February 2017 | Updated: 19:59 EST, 7 February 2017


President Donald Trump's administration says its temporary restrictions on citizens of seven terror-afflicted countries are not the equivalent of a Muslim ban - but justices on a federal bench reviewing the executive order indicated Tuesday that they're not buying it.

Judges wanted to know whether the executive branch believes that Trump could bar Muslims from entering the country if he wanted.

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[DiogenesLamp]

"John Marshall has made his decision,  now let him enforce it!"

[Norm Lenhart]

" Judge Michelle Friedland asked whether the government has any evidence connecting the nations covered by the ban to terrorism"

Judge Michelle Friedland possesses a kind of stupid you just don't see often even in 2017. A REALLY special kind of stupid.

[endicom]

" Judge Michelle Friedland asked whether the government has any evidence connecting the nations covered by the ban to terrorism"

Judge Michelle Friedland possesses a kind of stupid you just don't see often even in 2017. A REALLY special kind of stupid.

The stupidity of the ideologue but I think she knows what she's doing.

[Hoodat]

The stupidity of the ideologue but I think she knows what she's doing.

Friedland has already made her decision, and is searching for a way to validate it.

Nowhere in any of this have I heard anyone cite the actual rule that was implemented nor the part of the Constitution that it allegedly violates.

[Oceander]

Sometimes, getting pounded by the judges means that they're considering your position seriously and want to test it out to see if it holds water.

[bigheadfred]

Trying to connect terrorism with moslems. Fat chance there.

[Norm Lenhart]

The stupidity of the ideologue but I think she knows what she's doing.

9th circuit? Most overturned court in America? I doubt it. Their record pretty much defines not knowing what they are doing. Besides, if she isn't aware of the terrorist connections to the listed countries, she doesn't belong anywhere near a position of authority, much less sitting in judgement of authority. And if she is aware and made that statement she is beyond help.

[bigheadfred]

9th circuit? Most overturned court in America? I doubt it. Their record pretty much defines not knowing what they are doing. Besides, if she isn't aware of the terrorist connections to the listed countries, she doesn't belong anywhere near a position of authority, much less sitting in judgement of authority. And if she is aware and made that statement she is beyond help.

The Ninth had this  EO overturned before it was issued.

[endicom]

...she is beyond help.

I'd go with that.