[ April 16, 2024 ]
The court’s action on Wednesday had two parts. In one, it said it will not disturb a lower court’s decision that expanded the definition of close family ties.
But in another, it granted the government’s request to put on hold a part of the decision that would have made it easier for more refugees to enter the country.
The court giveth and the court taketh away.
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Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch noted they would have stayed Watson’s order in its entirety.
If this teaches us anything, it’s that Trump’s next pick must be a principled constitutionalist. No trimmers. President Reagan couldn’t know that Justice Anthony Kennedy would be such a disappointment. The same can be said of President Bush and David Souter. Bush expected him to be a reliable conservative, but he quickly emerged as anything but.
John Roberts is worse.
Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban enforcement, but says it must allow broader exemptions for relatives
The Supreme Court on Wednesday once again compromised on President Trump’s travel ban, saying the government may enforce tightened restrictions on refugees for now but also must allow into the country more travelers from six mostly Muslim countries who have family members already here.The short order from the court means that the administration must continue to accept those with grandparents, aunts and uncles and other relatives in the United States. The Trump administration had set a stricter interpretation of who could be allowed in under a Supreme Court decision issued last month.The court’s action on Wednesday had two parts. In one, it said it will not disturb a lower court’s decision that expanded the definition of close family ties. But in another, it granted the government’s request to put on hold a part of the decision that would have made it easier for more refugees to enter the country.
The unsigned, one-paragraph order gave no reasoning for either decision. Three justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch — said they would have granted the administration’s request to put the entire order on hold.
The majority said the government’s appeal of the lower court should go through normal channels, with the next stop at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
The court’s decision was the latest action in the Trump administration’s nearly six-month effort to temporarily shut down the nation’s refugee program and bar visitors from several Muslim-majority countries while it examines vetting procedures.
[Supreme Court allows limited version of Trump travel ban]
While the Trump administration has said the effort was needed to protect the country, challengers have fought it as an unconstitutional effort to ban Muslims, which Trump had advocated during the campaign.
The latest version banned visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It and the refugee ban had been put on hold by lower courts.
The Supreme Court on June 26 said it would consider the merits of the challenge in the fall, and in the meantime struck a compromise: The ban could go in effect regarding those without a connection to the United States, but people with a “bona fide relationship” with a person or entity in the United States must be exempted.
The justices did not define such a relationship, but gave examples of what would qualify for the exemption: a close relative in the United States, a spot in an American university, a job offer or speaking engagement.
The three dissenting justices who would have let the administration’s ban go into effect without restriction predicted it would prompt more litigation, and it did.
The Trump administration interpreted the close relative portion of the court’s opinion to refer only to people with a parent, spouse, fiance, son or daughter, siblings, son-in-law or daughter-in-law in the United States. It would continue to bar refugees who had an offer from a refugee resettlement operation, which covers about 24,000 waiting refugees.
The challengers went back to U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson of Hawaii, who had earlier issued a nationwide injunction against the ban. Watson ruled last week that the government’s “narrowly defined list” of exemptions was not supported by either the Supreme Court decision or by the law.
[Judge rules Trump administration too restrictive in travel ban implementation]
“Common sense, for instance, dictates that close family members be defined to include grandparents,” Watson wrote. “Indeed, grandparents are the epitome of close family members. The government’s definition excludes them. That simply cannot be.”
He extended the exemptions to include those with grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Watson wrote that refugees with an assurance from a resettlement agency are also exempt from the ban.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to stay Watson’s ruling.
His interpretation of what kinds of family relationships qualify “empties the court’s decision of meaning, as it encompasses not just ‘close’ family members, but virtually all family members,” the administration said in its brief to the court.
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31 Comments
6 years ago
Go look around a Social Security office, or a nursing home in the Detroit, Mich. area-filled with old muslim, Indian, and African people brought here by their children to glom onto the taxpayer money of American citizens. These “grandparents” will suck our Medicare and Medicaid systems dry, without ever having contributed to them in any way over their lifetimes.
6 years ago
Reply to
codfilet
They only represent less than .05% of the population. I think there are more complicated issues regarding funds being provided for those services. You might argue, that the American Taxpayer is being over-charged for almost 98% of all medical services, including prescription drugs. (competition might be an answer to lower prices
6 years ago
Reply to
J Ian
Wrong confused one. There are millions of them. Just 3 million is 1%. In case you are mathematically challenged, that’s 20 times 0.05%. Got it?
6 years ago
Reply to
J Ian
Look at that big Medicare/Medicaid fraud bust announced by Att. Gen Sessions last week. The media were very careful to obscure the fact that just about every single person charged was a foreign immigrant of some type or another-and this has happened over and over. These foreign invaders come here to loot the systems we have set up. They have stolen millions upon millions of OUR tax dollars. A local Hindu temple here was very likely built with money defrauded from Medicare (The doctor in charge of the temple building was later charged with fraud and theft), but still it stands, with no attempt to get OUR money back. This flood of immigrants will break the back of this nation with their thievery and scams.
6 years ago
Reply to
codfilet
Agree. Trump can make DHS ask questionaires to all refugees regarding their support for jihadis, sharia law and refuse entry for supporting terrorist idealogy !
It would keep out all muslims if you know how to frame right set of questionaires.
And pass executive order to hold judges who subvert presidents constitutional power to keep out groups who are threat to security Americans, personally responsible for any future terror / crimes committed by islamic immigrants/refugees .
Every such incident will result in the judge/s paying penalty amounting to not less than 100k-1Million per terror attack victim.
Unless you fight back America will become like Sweden today.
SWEDEN: Muslim invaders posing as unaccompanied refugee children threaten to kill Swedes if not allowed to stay http://bit.ly/2pLFV6i
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
And it’s not just nursing homes-visit any hospital emergency room, and see all the illegal invaders devouring our tax money for medical care. Schools,too. They are bankrupting this nation.
6 years ago
Reply to
codfilet
THAT HOW STUPID AMERICANS ARE> THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE BY OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS TO DESTROY AMERICA. AMERICA LOST ITS WAY UNDER OBAMA PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FINDING AMERICAS WAY. BACK. THANK GOD. ALL THE OLD PEOPLE FROM MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE NOW LIVING OF THE STUPID AMERICAN TAX PAYERS. IN NURSING HOMES THESE PEOPLE DID NOT CONTRIBUTE A CENT TO AMERICA YET THEY GET 1770 DOLLARS OF STUPID TAX PAYER DOLLARS PER MONTH THANKS TO THE DEMOCRATS. WHO THE FOOL NOW.
6 years ago
As Justice Scalia repeatedly noted, the Supremes have, and still are, overstepping their authority! Just a moment’s contemplation on this shows how correct Scalia was: The Supreme Court is leaving no room for we the people, through our representatives, to make and enforce laws. They have nullified the will of the people by striking down any law they personally don’t like. The people voting for or against laws has no meaning. The people decide nothing. The gangsters in black robes decide for us.
6 years ago
Reply to
jewdog
A good example of that was in the gay marriage case. Scalia said put the matter before the states and let the people cast their votes for or against. This is how the democratic process is supposed to work. Instead, five individual judges step in and overrule the votes of millions.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bones
Good point. Educational requirements should only be effectuated by the States. Keep the Feds out, and let the States compete. But? It gets better. If Arkansas invokes “Classical Education”, and deregulates manufacturing businesses, then California and other states will compete with Arkansas.
Let the States compete in Business and Education. Get the Feds out of our lives.
In regard to gay adoption and gay marriage, ? let the states decide. not the Feds
6 years ago
Reply to
Bones
in the US we have judges who override President Trump’s Executive Orders to keep these terrorists from entering the US. These judges are sponsors of terrorism, plain and simple.
It’s laughable these judges, who are supposed to keep us safe, want to import these refugees into our country and into the West.
We can no longer afford to house these 3rd world invaders. It’s too risky. America is struggling enough as it is. Most of us are making below living wage and had our health insurance forcefully taken away by Obama. My healthcare is up to $520 per month; compare this to my $25 per month car insurance (from Insurance Panda) or my $10/month life insurance. Both private enterprise (take note, Dems). Do we really want our tax dollars aiding these terrorists?
Islamists just prove everyday that they do not fit into western nations. There is no living in peace with these people. That is the sad reality.
6 years ago
Reply to
jewdog
Correct. But? We have Gorsuch, and looks like 2 more appointments within 4 years. Which means? The Court will be packed for the next 30 years with CONSTITUTIONALISTS.
6 years ago
Reply to
J Ian
It would be unusual for SCOTUS to overrule previous rulings. Unfortunately, this issue is not within the judiciary to decide. The President is the only one with the constitutional authority to decide who can and who cannot come into our country. Congress makes the laws that support the President’s decision on immigration. The judiciary branch has no legal, lawful or constitutional business deciding this issue and should have refused to hear it. They are all supremacists and should be thrown off the bench.
6 years ago
Reply to
marlene
Agree Marlene.
The other thing that this does is place US immigration policy in the hands of the aliens.
6 years ago
6 years ago
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6 years ago
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6 years ago
The Muslims will be showing up with 12 sets of grandparents.. lol .. they always win a little no matter what .
6 years ago
President Trump,
I hearby authorize you to send in a team of Seals to terminate, with extreme prejudice, all treasonous judges, politicians, bureaucrats, deep state Obola carryovers, etc. Full immunity is given for all actions.
6 years ago
Reply to
We The People!
Think he’ll end the almost 50 muslim training camps we have in this country, too? Think he’ll have the teaching of grammar school kids everything about islam, stopped? I wonder.
D
6 years ago
The article implies that the U.S. Supreme Court said grandparents should be allowed into the U.S. The U.S. Supreme Court is not in session and a U.S. District Judge is not the same as the U.S. Supreme Court. I’m confused.
6 years ago
Public law as contained in 8 US Code Section 1182 entitled “Inadmissible Aliens” gives the President sole discretion on entire categories of potential immigrants in order to prevent judicial tyranny in regulating who is allowed to enter the country. It and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 were used to keep communism out of the US after WWII.
6 years ago
By allowing close family ties to dictate who does and does not enter the US, our immigration laws are now being placed in the hands of the aliens who have already come here while sidestepping the citizens. All of the justices should be kicked off the bench.
6 years ago
So pretty much every Muslim is allowed into the aunties States regardless because that many of them have immigrated of course they would have either a parent, sister, brother, grandparent, aunt or uncle there! It’s ludicrous! Well then, if these judges allow it and one of these turn out to be a terrorist and commit an act the judges should be held accountable as should the terrorists family he/she is visiting!
6 years ago
So now we have a friend of Obama, playing President!
Do you seriously believe that for 90 days, grand parents and other relatives can exist without seeing other family members? This is ridiculous and basically VOIDS Trumps ban. Muslims LIE all the time and we have no way to confirm their relationship.
6 years ago
There went the supreme court once again illegally rewriting law, CAUSING it to be unconstitutional. The courts are moving our country away from it’s original establishment of a Constitutional Republic, towards being a socialist nightmare.
6 years ago
How can anyone prove that they are relatives????
6 years ago
What I wanna know is, what is Trump doing about the “about 50” muslim training camps, in this country, and why is islam being taught in every grammar school in every state?? And here is some articles I’ve collected, saying that Trump is still letting in muslims:
How Many Refugees Will US Accept This Year?
Trump Admitting Syrian (Muslim) Refugees Faster Than Obama
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/trump-admitting-refugees-faster-than-obama/
Betraying Campaign Promise, Refugee Admissions Will Explode in Coming Weeks
Trump Continues Obama DHS Policy of Engaging CAIR
https://www.investigativeproject.org/6126/trump-continues-obama-dhs-policy-of-engaging-cair
U.S. sending Christians back to Iraq to face JIHAD SLAUGHTER
http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/2017/06/christians-deported-iraq.html/
And last, but not least, a mainstream article that you must pay for, to read the whole article, but you can read a few paragraphs still: But first, read the second line in this paragraph, from the article, first!!
“Australia has been looking for a landing place for the refugees for years, and President Obama agreed to take them. Mr. Trump criticized the “dumb” deal in February, and shared a testy phone call with Australia’s prime minister, but has since relented and is moving quickly to welcome the refugees.”
Here’s the title and link of where that paragraph came from:
Trump moves to accept hundreds of refugees from Iran under Obama deal
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/12/trump-moves-accept-hundreds-refugees-iran/
