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Trump v. Hawaii

 
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-965 9th Cir. Apr 25, 2018
Tr.Aud.
Jun 26, 2018 5-4 Roberts OT 2017
 

Holding: The President has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him under 8 U. S. C. §1182(f) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States; respondents have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim that Presidential Proclamation No. 9645 violates the establishment clause.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 26, 2018.

 

More details from scotusblog:

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/trump-v-hawaii-3/

pdf of the details:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf

 

 

This is who we are now.

Racists and xenophobes celebrate.

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I’m surprised by the decision because it was so obviously a policy motivated by xenophobia in the name of “National Security”.

pretty disgusting 

Hey, this is white man country. We came in and cleared out the browns and reds while bringing in the blacks under our boot.  We don't want these religious browns coming in starting shit. This is all part of keeping our country pure so if you don't like it, move. 

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You think it's bad now, imagine how things will be if Kennedy retires soon, as has been widely rumored. 

5 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

I’m surprised by the decision because it was so obviously a policy motivated by xenophobia in the name of “National Security”.

pretty disgusting 

You shouldn't be surprised by any 5-4 decision along partisan lines. 

This is why anyone who is whining about Democrats/Liberals not showing civility can fucking eat the corn out of my shit. This was a stolen seat and the GOP is successfully chipping away at the concept of democracy and its functionality.

Dems will need to play hardball with the court if they want to accomplish anything of substance in the future (assuming they actually want to).  Impeachments and court packing will need to be on the table.

I liked Thomas' concurring opinion questioning the authority of individual district courts to impose "universal" or "nationwide injunctions".  The opinion of the court declined to address this issue as their ruling made the point moot in the instant matter, but if this Thomas brushback to the district court judges doesn't get their attention, I bet that SCOTUS will be addressing this relatively recent innovation in jurisprudence sometime soon. 

Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard
 
 
Lou Reed, Dirty Blvd
 
4 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

This is why anyone who is whining about Democrats/Liberals not showing civility can fucking eat the corn out of my shit. This was a stolen seat and the GOP is successfully chipping away at the concept of democracy and its functionality.

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I can only hope Mitch McConnell will be marked as a traitor to this country in the history books. He is truly an evil human being.

2 minutes ago, Fozzz said:

Dems will need to play hardball with the court if they want to accomplish anything of substance in the future (assuming they actually want to).  Impeachments and court packing will need to be on the table.

All bets are off after the Garland travesty.   The GOP is getting perceived benefits in the short term, but it will come back to bite them.   And the more they chip away at stare decisis, the less lasting impact their short-term successes will have. 

3 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

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Hurting our economy by enacting racist and xenophobic policies, to own the libs!

Big day for known racist, johnny trustfund 

5 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

Hurting our economy by enacting racist and xenophobic policies, to own the libs!

People are literally dying in the street.

It's fascinating reading the decisions in both this case and the California FAST Act case. Sotomayor's and Breyer's interpretation of the First Amendment is really fascinating to analyze in two very, very different cases. 

e: I'd also highly recommend reading Breyer's dissent, starting at page 57. 

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3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Dems were too civil with McConnell over Garland 

Wouldn’t have mattered. Pubs believe as the Maoists believe: power comes from the barrel of a gun. They had final say on Garland, and fuck your traditions, civility and anything else that isn’t actual power. Dems who want the country we grew up in can fuck off. That country is gone. 

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2 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

People are literally dying in the street.

Mostly from white supremacists and incels.

So four judges ruled against the constitution? 

The President has always had this ability. Ask Jimmy Carter. 

3 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

All bets are off after the Garland travesty.   The GOP is getting perceived benefits in the short term, but it will come back to bite them.   And the more they chip away at stare decisis, the less lasting impact their short-term successes will have. 

I'm skeptical of the political will of dems to use those kind of measures, but we'll see.  I don't know if there is an FDR-type among them who would be willing to go directly after SCOTUS.  

I thought it would be 7-2. I underestimated the liberal justice's desire to fight trump as opposed to applying the law to a case.

Roberts dunking on the liberals by pointing out how much worse the actions of their venerated FDR were than those of the current POTUS:

Finally, the dissent invokes Korematsu v. United States, 323 U. S. 214 (1944). Whatever rhetorical advantage the dissent may see in doing so, Korematsu has nothing to do with this case. The forcible relocation of U. S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority. But it is wholly inapt to liken that morally repugnant order to a facially neutral policy denying certain foreign nationals the privilege of admission. See post, at 26–28. The entry suspension is an act that is well within executive authority and could have been taken by any other President—the only question is evaluating the actions of this particular President in promulgating an otherwise valid Proclamation. The dissent’s reference to Korematsu, however, affords this Court the opportunity to make express what is already obvious: Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and—to be clear—“has no place in law under the Constitution.” 323 U. S., at 248 (Jackson, J., dissenting).

 

4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Mostly from white supremacists and incels.

I drove by 30 dead bodies on the way to work this morning.

2 minutes ago, Fozzz said:

I'm skeptical of the political will of dems to use those kind of measures, but we'll see.  I don't know if there is an FDR-type among them who would be willing to go directly after SCOTUS.  

I don't know about the measures you cite, but I'm damn well sure that Republican presidents will have a tough time getting any justices through a Dem Senate in the future, at least after mid-terms. 

6 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

People are literally dying in the street.

Sarcasm noted, and highly ironic since the travel ban is based on Trump's Muslim fear mongering. 

 

I sense a little bit of snark in this thread.

Yes, it's technically a victory, but the left forced the administration to rewrite the ban twice, and there are loads of exemptions that weren't included in the first go round.

This isn't the original travel ban. This has been in effect since December and fails to do what the administration wanted.

 

14 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Congrats on the Tyranny 

Tyranny towards non-citizens, with regard to entry into our country?

 

It must be heart-wrenching shouldering all of that guilt.  Lolz. 

 

It’s ok to disagree with the decision, but asking for kindler gentler treatement of trespassers doesn’t move the needle on the compassion scale, bro.

5 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Wouldn’t have mattered. Pubs believe as the Maoists believe: power comes from the barrel of a gun. They had final say on Garland, and fuck your traditions, civility and anything else that isn’t actual power. Dems who want the country we grew up in can fuck off. That country is gone. 

Traditions?  Democrats ran out the clock on numerous Bush nominations that were made in the last year of his presidency.  There did not happen to be a SCOTUS spot open, or the same would have been done.

 

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]is my view that if a Supreme Court Justice resigns tomorrow, or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not—and not—name a nominee until after the November election is completed.
The Senate, too, Mr. President, must consider how it would respond to a Supreme Court vacancy that would occur in the full throes of an election year. It is my view that if the President goes the way of Presidents Fillmore and Johnson and presses an election-year nomination, the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over.

 

Slorch, holy shit, do you even know what this travel ban is? Trespassers?

Funny they distinguish this case from Korematsu when EO 9066 was also facially neutral and premised on "legitimate purposes."

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11 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

I drove by 30 dead bodies on the way to work this morning.

were they murdered by ms-13 or muslim terrorists?

2 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

Slorch, holy shit, do you even know what this travel ban is? Trespassers?

ussc upholds executive order to shoot on sight any mexican...err, trespasser!!!

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2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Not the one you wanted LOL.

I like how he 3rd person branded it in that tweet.

Very Presidential 

5 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

Traditions?  Democrats ran out the clock on numerous Bush nominations that were made in the last year of his presidency.  There did not happen to be a SCOTUS spot open, or the same would have been done.

 

 

The good news is, the Democrats will have plenty of opportunities for payback in the not too distant future.

5 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

Slorch, holy shit, do you even know what this travel ban is? Trespassers?

6/26/2018 - Slorch goes full Slorch, reveals himself the giant piece of shit he truly is.

Kennedy is such a little bitch.  Pretty much saying "yeah it maybe was unconstitutional but it's not our job to deal with it." 

Just now, Js1 said:

6/26/2018 - Slorch goes full Slorch, reveals himself the giant piece of shit he truly is.

Slorch first went full Slorch years ago.

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