re: checks and balances...

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On January 28, 2017, the petitioners filed an Emergency Motion of Stay of Removal on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated.
IT APPEARING to the Court from the Emergency Motion for Stay of Removal, the other submissions, the arguments of counsel, and the hearing held on the 28th of January, 2017,
1. The petitioners have a strong likelihood of success in establishing that the removal of the petitioner and others similarly situated violates their rights to Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the United States Constitution;
2. There is imminent danger that, absent the stay of removal, there will be substantial and irreparable injury to refugees, visa-holders, and other individuals from nations subject to the January 27, 2017 Executive Order;
3. The issuance of the stay of removal will not injure the other parties interested in the proceeding;
4. It is appropriate and just that, pending completion of a hearing before the Court on the merits of the Petition, that the Respondents be enjoined and restrained from the commission of further acts and misconduct in violation of the Constitution as described in the Emergency Motion for Stay of Removal.
WHEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the respondents, their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all members and persons acting in concert or participation with them, from the date of this Order, are
ENJOINED AND RESTRAINED from, in any manner or by any means, removing individuals with refugee applications approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as part of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, holders of valid immigrant and non-immigrant visas, and other individuals from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen legally authorized to enter the United States.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that to assure compliance with the Court's order, the Court directs service of this Order upon the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, and further directs the United States Marshals Service to take those actions deemed necessary to enforce the provisions and prohibitions set forth in this Order.

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well we need to explain it to them. and why it's important!

remind them that it's the very thing that got W elected.
remind them that it's the courts that get to decide if abortion is constitutional.


hey repubicans on this board, this is super important. it's not about crying. it's not about winning. it's not even about the issue.

this thing that exists is what makes america great. no branch can rise too much in power. the congress can check the president. the courts can check the congress. the president can veto the bill.

if any one branch goes too much in power, it is really really really dangerous. we're not talking about working within the constitution. we're talking about actual deconstruction of the document itself.

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Then people need to stop saying that they care about the constitution

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instead, you want to turn this about my wording or whatever.

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the executive branch says no we're going full force right now anyway.

this is a constitutional crisis. the executive branch of government is overreaching it's constitutional mandate. the judicial branch is doing it's job.

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you guys think this is just for kicks? like i don't care about this country just because i disagree with you?

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They are still enforcing the EO while being sensitive to the stay which is not a constitutional crises.

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A White House spokesperson defended the order Sunday, saying: "It is the right and duty of the President to do everything in his legal and constitutional power to protect the American people."

"Saturday's ruling does not undercut the President's executive order. All stopped visas will remain stopped. All halted admissions will remain halted. All restricted travel will remain prohibited. The executive order is a vital action toward strengthening America's borders, and therefore sovereignty. The order remains in place," the spokesperson said.

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