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From the what-separation-of-powers department:
The Department of Homeland Security has an update on the entry ban:
The Department of Homeland Security will continue to enforce all of President Trump's Executive Orders in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the American people. President Trump's Executive Orders remain in place—prohibited travel will remain prohibited, and the U.S. government retains its right to revoke visas at any time if required for national security or public safety. President Trump's Executive Order affects a minor portion of international travelers, and is a first step towards reestablishing control over America's borders and national security.
The NY Post adds:
The ACLU is getting "multiple reports" that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump — and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge's demand that travelers from seven Muslim countries not be deported from the nation's airports.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Tuesday January 31 2017, @02:09AM
trump is a PRESIDENT, not a KING.
no such thing as abs free reign in the US.
trump will get punished. you wait and see. judges do not like being told 'no' when they make their decision and they are not under the president's control. that's why there is an exec branch sep from the others.
pres != king
PERIOD!
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 31 2017, @02:21AM
Read the law.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Tuesday January 31 2017, @04:02AM
neither you (I assume) nor I are lawyers.
asking laymen to 'read the law' is like asking the milkman to read my python code....
I admit I don't know how to parse laws and legal documents. do you have such powers? somehow, I seriously doubt it.
(hint: even lawyers with decades of experience disagree about matters of law. why you think its simple: that tells us a lot about how your mind works, I guess. nothing in 'law' is simple. nothing!)
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 31 2017, @04:15AM
Seriously, read it. It is quite simple. (f) is the bit you're looking for. Barring some case law between when Clinton did the exact same thing and now, there's not a chance in hell those judges' rulings will stand. And they knew it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Desler on Tuesday January 31 2017, @02:23PM
Since when have laws been absolute and above judicial review? Oh right, never.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 31 2017, @04:51PM
Never said they were. A judge ruling on the law rather than ideals would have granted an immediate stay on their order though. These rulings were directly counter to both book and case law and thus illegal. Unfortunately you don't get to throw judges off the bench for that. Or do anything else to them. They are above the law. So you do the only thing you can and ignore their rulings until the appellate courts slap them down.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 31 2017, @03:03AM
Nobody likes being told "no". You don't either. Unless you happen to be a petty tyrant, sometimes you have to suck it up, and stop acting like a special snowflake. Them's the facts of life.
Now, go read the law. It's been posted multiple times.