11, February 2017 The Judiciary fights back
In a major pushback to unfettered executive power, the
judges of the U.S. Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Trump
administration failed to offer any plausible reasons for its travel ban.
In an effort to delegitimize judicial
oversight, an enraged Trump tweeted: SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!"
It is tragic that Trump seemed oblivious or unconcerned that his travel
ban negatively impacted so many innocent travelers.
Thousands of people including many children were held without food and
water and a number forcibly thrown back on airplanes. Others were compelled to
sign away their visa rights in order to be forcibly deported.
Trump’s many dangerous falsehoods to energize his base, mirrors
President George Bush’s playbook of exploiting the tragedy of 9/11 to advance
his bogus claims of weapons of mass destruction which led to the disastrous
invasion of Iraq, resulting in the death of thousands of American and Iraqis
and the birth of ISIS.
There is little hope that Republicans will cross party lines to
challenge the extreme policies of Trump who has surrounded himself with
dangerous ideologies like Steve Bannon and his ilk. The intoxication of political
power and all its trappings cannot be so easily shunned. For the sake of our
children and future generations we must raise our collective voices before our ship
of state and perhaps our cherished planet vanishes into oblivion.
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