NY Times: Trump Is Not Above The Courts Or Something

Suddenly, the Constitution matters to the NY Times, per Martin H. Redish

Trump Is Not Above the Courts

So much has happened during these early weeks of President Trump’s administration that it is easy to lose sight of the single event that may well have the most powerful and troubling impact on American democratic society.

I speak of the administration’s startling assertion following its first travel ban, which was blocked by the courts, not merely that the president’s executive order limiting immigration from seven nations was constitutional, but that the president is actually immune from judicial review of the constitutionality of his action. The president’s lawyers explicitly made this argument before the Ninth Circuit, and the presidential counselor Stephen Miller has asserted that presidential power over immigration cannot be questioned.

The constitutionality of the president’s bans on travel from parts of the Muslim world — the most recent one was blocked this week, by federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland — gives rise to complex issues on which reasonable people can differ. But what is not in dispute is the ability of the judiciary to determine their constitutionality, free from control by the executive branch of government. Indeed, not only is such thinking largely inconsistent with over 200 years of established American constitutional practice, but it also ignores and undermines the genius of the Constitution’s framers, who saw the judiciary as perhaps the most important deterrent to tyrannical power. By “tyranny” the framers did not mean simply the abuse of power. Rather, it is the very accumulation of such power that they saw as the essence of tyranny, because once the power is accumulated, the harm has already taken place.

One does have to love that, after eight years of Obama accumulating power, Democrats are suddenly Very Concerned about the Constitution. We can debate the Constitutionality of the travel ban….personally, I think he should have moved on after the first, and just done it administrationally, by not bringing in all the refugees…but, what about this

Those are just a few examples of when Obama blew off court orders. Then there are all the lists on the number of ways Obama has ignored the Constitution, which, for the most part, the Credentialed Media, like the NY Times, couldn’t have cared less.

Of course, the media is Very Concerned that Trump might use Executive Orders in the same manner as Obama, mostly to rescind Obama’s often un-Constitutional orders. When Trump is actually ignoring orders from courts like Obama did, then the media might have a case. But, they’d have to explain why they had no complaints about Obama doing the same.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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6 Responses to “NY Times: Trump Is Not Above The Courts Or Something”

  1. Dana says:

    How, I have to ask, does a federal district court judge have the authority to issue a ruling which extends beyond his jurisdiction?

  2. Jeffery says:

    How, I have to ask, does a federal district court judge have the authority to issue a ruling which extends beyond his jurisdiction?

    It must be in the law or something! Maybe checks and balances. I dunno.

    trumpy’s diktats on immigration in no way, shape or form make America safer. They are intended to harass immigrants and visitors and make his Neanderthal base happy.

    His dumb wall, that his dumb supporters view as a great idea, is dead. Mexico: “We’re not going to pay for his fucking wall!”

    Most of what trumpy is doing is a waste of American’s time, energy and attention.

    Obama wiretapped me!! Waah!!

    Britain told trumpy to STFU. Maybe he’ll listen until his next juvenile twit outburst:

    Britain has received assurances from the United States that allegations the GCHQ intelligence agency helped former President Barack Obama eavesdrop on Donald Trump will not be repeated, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday.

    “We’ve made clear to the administration that these claims are ridiculous and they should be ignored and we’ve received assurances that these allegations will not be repeated,” the spokesman told reporters.

    The new leader of the Free World, Angela Merkel, is visiting today. Maybe she can talk some sense into him. Nah!!

    #trumpyPutz
    #trumpyGottaGo
    #ForTheSakeOfTheWorldEndTrumpToday

  3. drowningpuppies says:

    Oh my, little guy’s becoming unwound…

  4. Rev.Hoagie® says:

    This is dedicated to our resident Snowflake, Jeffery.

    https://youtu.be/ur07OFbHs9c

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