Not so fast, Donnie from Queens
A judge has blocked part of Trump’s executive order.
A federal judge blocked part of President Trump’s executive order on immigration on Saturday evening, ordering that refugees and others trapped at airports across the United States should not be sent back to their home countries. But the judge stopped short of letting them into the country or issuing a broader ruling on the constitutionality of Mr. Trump’s actions.
Lawyers who sued the government to block the White House order said the decision, which came after an emergency hearing in a New York City courtroom, could affect an estimated 100 to 200 people who were detained upon arrival at American airports in the wake of the order that Mr. Trump signed on Friday afternoon, a week into his presidency.
Judge Ann M. Donnelly of Federal District Court in Brooklyn, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, ruled just before 9 p.m. that implementing Mr. Trump’s order by sending the travelers home could cause them “irreparable harm.”
Dozens of people waited outside of the courthouse chanting, “Set them free!” as lawyers made their case. When the crowd learned that Judge Donnelly had ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, a rousing cheer went up in the crowd.
A big shout-out to the ACLU and to all the lawyers who rushed to JFK to help people.
While none of the detainees will be sent back immediately, lawyers for the plaintiffs in the case expressed concern that all those at the airports would now be put in detention, pending a resolution of the case. Inviting the lawyers to return to court if the travelers were detained, Judge Donnelly said, “If someone is not being released, I guess I’ll just hear from you.”
They have visas. They did nothing wrong. How dare he.
I am so relieved there is some protection for the people affected by this terrible order. I can’t imagine the distress they have been going through.
Reportedly, cuatoms officials at LAX are ignoring the ruling and deporting people anyway. They hung up on two congressmen who tried to talk to them, saying they answer only to Trump.
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Not sure where to put this exactly, but… remember how people would jokingly say that the presidential campaign slog begins the same day the previous campaign winner
ascends the throneis inaugurated? Well, now it is literally true:https://twitter.com/resisterhood/status/825435325535252480
Paul Krugman had some tweets yesterday to the point.
“The Art of the Broken Deal: America hasn’t always been true to all its principles, or a benign force in the world. But one thing we were: a country that kept its promises. Whether it was a defense pact, a trade agreement, or a personal guarantee of access like a green card the US government made good on what it said it would do. Now, all at once, we’ve become totally unreliable. It’s telling that right away — from day one — we’re not just tightening rules on refugees, we’re betraying friends and allies…”
Republican partisan betrayal already established the broken deal as the norm. There can be no legitimate Supreme Court judge, at this point, without the installment of Merrick Garland. Now the undermining of trust has been extended globally not just nationally, and, like it or no, all is “changed, changed utterly.”
This is so untrue. We do not have a government centered on one man, but government with separation of powers. And one power just checked and balanced another one…that’s how it’s supposed to work. But…it appears we elected a king.
Does this mean LAX has declared civil war?
If the reports are accurate, yes, it kind of does.
Yep, the White House has instructed Border Patrol officers to ignore court orders. We’ve got a constitutional crisis on our hands.
What happens when a federal judge orders the U.S. Marshalls to arrest Border Patrol officers for contempt of court? Will we have two branches of government in violent confrontation, while the Republicans in Congress sit idly by because, hey, gotta get those tax cuts right Paul Ryan?
Do we know the WH has told them to? I haven’t seen that reported, so far.
#9, Good point! Will undeleted, undiluted tweets serve as habeas corpus writs under US law? ;-) Or whatever the terms may be, I’m not even a Wol. Plse konkc, bell pull stolen. Goodnight and sweet derams ;/