Temp Halt gets overturned?

[Frederick Foresight]

It ain't that hard to find a goofy judge these days.

Well, he was appointed by a Republican president...

 

[CaptainObvious]

Well, he was appointed by a Republican president...

That's neither here nor there to me. One judge being able to override a presidential order is silly as hell. While one may agree this time, surely there will be another time when you don't. One judge should never have this much power. Only in America, where the only thing greater than our genius is our stupidity. As Albert said, genius has it's limitations. Stupidity has no such boundaries.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

That's neither here nor there to me. One judge being able to override a presidential order is silly as hell.

I guess that's how the system works. And can you believe that electoral college thing?

 

[stu]

One judge being able to override a presidential order is silly as hell.

bet they wish they could be that silly in north korea

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

I guess that's how the system works. And can you believe that electoral college thing?

The electoral college is provided for in the Constitution. I just looked and I didn't see anything giving one obscure judge the power to substitute his judgment for the president's in national security matters.

It must be in the invisible ink section, you know, the one where the Founders provided a constitutional right to abortion and homo marriage.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

The electoral college is provided for in the Constitution. I just looked and I didn't see anything giving one obscure judge the power to substitute his judgment for the president's in national security matters.

The law of the land is the law of the land until it is changed. I don't think the current law that's yellowing your snowflake was designed with the express intention of thwarting Trump. Yet there it is. And there it was even before Trump goose-stepped into office. Get over it.

 

[Good1]

Not only that, but their appeal got slapped down too.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...barred-by-travel-order-as-trump-vows-to-fight

No, the judge just asked for more briefings after the Patriots win the Superbowl.

 

[Good1]

I do no understand how one judge can bring a presidential order to a complete halt. I'm not questioning that a presidential order cannot or should not be questioned and potentially halted, but one obscure judge brings everything to a full stop is nuts. This should give one pause regardless of your political leanings. It ain't that hard to find a goofy judge these days.

Good point. Everybody knows you aren't supposed to "Judge shop". But that's what this comes down to. Every state looks at their local Fed Judge, asking themselves if that judge would likely agree with them. The very blue Washington State saw a judge who would. It would be interesting to know exactly how many judges there are at Robart's level.

 

[Good1]

Well, he was appointed by a Republican president...

Yes, and Trump was duly ELECTED, not appointed, by millions of voters in a hard fought general election having followed all the rules of the U.S. democratic system.

 

[stu]

Yes, and Trump was duly ELECTED, not appointed, by millions of voters in a hard fought general election having followed all the rules of the U.S. democratic system.

and as with every other ELECTED president he is obliged to uphold and adhere to the United States Constitution and accordingly The Judicial Power of the United States, which "shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.[..]"

Which means the 'so called ' president will have to have regard to the 'so called ' federal judge's finding whether he likes it or not.