re: U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump

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U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday with the Trump administration's stance in an immigration case, saying it could make it too easy for the government to strip people of citizenship for lying about minor infractions.

Roberts and other Supreme Court justices indicated support for a deported ethnic Serb immigrant named Divna Maslenjak over her bid to regain her U.S. citizenship after it was stripped because she falsely stated her husband had not served in the Bosnian Serb army in the 1990s after Yugoslavia's collapse.

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Interestingly, this is an Obama era case. The original trial judge apparently instructed the jury that making a false statement under oath in an immigration proceeding was grounds for deportation regardless as to whether the false statement was "material".

As I understand it, that is the crux of the case. I am amazed anyone would interpret the situation here, lying about war criminality/atrocities, as "immaterial". However, based on original jury instructions, I believe that is the position Trump's team is stuck defending.

So the question becomes ... should someone be subject to losing his/her citizenship because they answered immaterial questions incorrectly or improperly? IMO, I don't think so.
I think that's what Roberts is getting at too.

Thanks again, dubya.

frick.

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U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump

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Shameless Clickbait headline.

That's not what the article is really about.

The Bush family showed their true political leanings with some of their choices for the Supreme Court.