Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
This article is an example of the Right trying to manufacture a victory. The courts shut down the travel ban, repeatedly, until it expired. If Trump attempts to resurrect it, we can bet they’ll shut it down again. A victory would have been a ruling that he was right and the lower courts were wrong.
On the other hand, this is an accurate summation of the Left’s tactics: “In essence, elements of the “nonpolitical” branch are trying to reverse the result of the 2016 vote by denying the duly elected president the powers of his office.” And they’re continuing to do so as Liberal judges issue nation-wide rulings that clearly stomp on Presidential prerogatives for the flimsiest of reasons. This ruling doesn’t change that but it does highlight the hypocrisy. That never hurts.
Joe Doakes
Assuming anyone’s listening.
While I am loath to create federal versions of initiative and referendum, I would dearly relish the power of the states to recall laws, regulations, appointed officials, judges, court rulings, anything. Three quarters of the states vote to recall X. It’s gone. The bar is set purposely high to discourage use in all but the most egregious situations.
There should be a way to impeach a judge who knowingly and willingly violates the constitution. Once Supremes rule that said judge is in the wrong, fire the son/daughter of a bitch and strip his/her licence so the only job he/she can get is a roach breeder.
Aaaand right on cue, the same Hawaii judge strikes down the third attempt at keeping the nation safe from terrorists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/17/federal-judge-hawaii-strikes-down-trumps-third-travel-ban/773074001/
Judge Derrick Watson a 1991 Harvard Law graduate the same year as Obama and Gorsuch. I’m thinking only one of them actually learned and respects law.