04-25-2018, 02:43 PM
(04-25-2018, 12:57 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I thought the program had an expiration date and it was encumbent upon Trump to either extend it or create a whole new program.
Even if I thought wrong, can a judge do this? It feels wrong to me that a judge can force a governmental program to continue or cease to be cancelled. Isn't that only the purview of the President and/or Congress?
Judges are part of government, they are the third branch along with congressional and executive. I’m not sure where their powers stand on executive orders though.
(04-25-2018, 01:21 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I actually don't get this. I don't understand the court challenges to this or the Muslim ban. Both seem, to me anyway, well within the purview of the Executive's Constitutional authority. I think both actions by Trump were terrible policy decisions, but that doesn't make them unconstitutional.
As to the purview of the court, if the action to cancel was unconstitutional, then the courts can absolutely reverse that action. I just don't agree that it was.
The travel ban has been struck down due to its unconstitutional discrimination against a religion. That decision isn’t based on the language of the ban, but on Trump’s own tweets.
