This court can't seem to decide the First Amendment. In this case, the travel ban was scrutinized through the lens of statements by Trump on Twitter. There are obvious statements of hate in that lens. While the court boiled this down to a national security issue; it has been a significant length of time to bring about a national standard to determine who intends to harm Americans when traveling to the USA and who is not. I do hold up a reality that many people traveling to the USA have no intention to harm Americans.
I remind; the leader of the terrorists that carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001 came from Germany and the Germans warned "W" about Atta.
This administration continues to apply wide definitions to who is able and willing and plans to harm Americans. His reason for calling southern border crossers criminals and separating them from their children is because they will harm Americans. This is an underlying tone to this administration and the President chronically takes that tone where it should not go.
Chief Justice Roberts has stated the President has significant powers to carry out limits on travel to the USA. I am not impressed by Chief Justice Roberts and his cowering to the First Amendment and it's overriding authority over hate and discrimination.
I look forward to the continued court case and more decisions to be made.
I remind; the leader of the terrorists that carried out the attacks of September 11, 2001 came from Germany and the Germans warned "W" about Atta.
This administration continues to apply wide definitions to who is able and willing and plans to harm Americans. His reason for calling southern border crossers criminals and separating them from their children is because they will harm Americans. This is an underlying tone to this administration and the President chronically takes that tone where it should not go.
Chief Justice Roberts has stated the President has significant powers to carry out limits on travel to the USA. I am not impressed by Chief Justice Roberts and his cowering to the First Amendment and it's overriding authority over hate and discrimination.
I look forward to the continued court case and more decisions to be made.
June 26, 2018
By Mark Sherman
The 5-4 decision is the court’s first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by his four conservative colleagues.
Roberts wrote that presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration. He also rejected the challengers’ claim of anti-Muslim bias....
