A federal judge in Seattle blocked, temporarily, President Donald Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the idea spelled out in the Constitution that every person born in the United States is an American citizen.
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”
Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence.
“In your opinion is this executive order constitutional?” he asked.
Said Shumate, “It absolutely is.”
“Frankly, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”
The executive order will remain blocked for at least 14 days while lawsuits in Washington and elsewhere over Trump’s action proceed.
One thing is clear: Shumate has burned his credibility. Defending a blatantly unconstitutional order is going above and beyond the duty of zealous representation.
Another thing is clear: This is impeachable. That the Republicans are lining up behind Der Dickeralterorangefarbenerführer is going to be something that I, and others, will happily hang around the neck of Republicans forever.
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And the doxing begins in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
I'm going to run out of humor pretty soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zY1orxW8Aw
Judge shopping begins, followed by appeal till its the duperduper
supremes that have it. Then we watch what happens....
Eck!
You would be right, except the authors of the amendment said :
“This amendment which I have offered, is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States, This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.”
I am sure you will censor this, because it does not meet your beliefs, nor the arguemt you make, , but the quotes are true, and correct. Bother to look them up and you will see that I am correct.
For reference, the statement was made by Michigan Sen. Jacob Howard at the time of the introduction of the amendment.
But don't let that keep you from pushing your agenda, flawed though your argument is.
If you really cared though, you won't censor this, but let it be seen.
We shall see.
Look, asshole, try developing reading comprehension skills.
"....include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States..."
Means what it says. Those are the family members of ambassadors and foreign ministers, people who have diplomatic immunity and, as such, are not subject to the laws of the United States.
This particular one isn't hard. The Reagan-appointed judge can read the plain language of the Constitution. But your Orange God demands that you deny the evidence in front of your eyes and so you comply.
Oh, and by the way, numbnuts, the "originalists" on the USSC have said that the plain language of the Constitution is more important than anything the drafters might have said on the floor of Congress or elsewhere.
Normally, I'm not down with being insulting to commenters. I value most of their opinions. But you, you come in with your snark and supercilious attitude and I have no compunction in evincing my distain in return. And yes, when you're being a complete ass, as you are about half of the time, I slag your comments. Sorry that offends your white male sense of entitlement.
Well, no. Not sorry at all.
So feel free to piss off.
Ah, the usual "...but you won't..." card. And, as always, she will. And, furthermore, as always also, dude, WTF has happened to your ability to read and comprehend? If this is what you truly believe, perhaps the U.S. isn't the place for you, and someplace like perhaps Russia might suit you more. I'm not trying to send you there, unlike Congressmen that are mad at the mean Bishop, but I'm just saying it might be better for your blood pressure.
The originalists have shredded the ninth amendment. It got Bork bounced back in the day.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The 14th amendment, section 1, reads:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Nowhere does any ‘interpretation, meaning, nor intent of the author’ written into the constitution. Congress, by proposing the 14th amendment, and the state’s ratification, codified birthright citizenship. Plain and simple.
Once again, B has demonstrated himself to be a Trump defender, trying desperately to present himself as a logical, reasonable individual but coming up short. Your ignorance and hypocrisy are on display once again, this time by your own hand. And it demonstrates how pathetic your outlook and stance on political issues are.
In closing, you’re not as smart as you think you are.
I’ll accept a yellow card.
Dale
Not this time, Dale. The Toyota Rule applies. (He asked for it, he got it.)
“This amendment which I have offered, is simply declaratory of
what I regard as the law of the land already,..."
Damn idiot used the offering statement of the the amendments presenter not the actual accepted text passed to law. If that wasn't
bad enough hang himself the words are that the author consideres
this to be already law of the land. That suggests our poster is
repeating whatever the echo chamber presents and tells him
to believe. That applies to section 1.
The rest of that bills author was intended to make the bill able
as it congress arms to enforce citizenship, and other sections
as well. That was J. Bingham (r) Ohio.
However COFF has violated section 3 and as such is considered
disabled for office.
Eck!
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