Trump powers 'will not be questioned' official says

[struggle4progress]

Molly Redden
Sunday 12 February 2017 16.28 EST

A senior White House adviser on Sunday denounced federal judges who have stood in the way of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, warning that “the whole world will soon see” that the president’s executive powers “will not be questioned”.

“We have a judiciary that has taken far too much power and become in many cases a supreme branch of government,” said Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to Trump on immigration issues, appearing on the CBS program Face the Nation.

“Our opponents, the media and the whole world will soon see as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.”

At the same time, Miller signaled that the White House is contemplating a new, narrower executive order to impose its travel ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries, after a federal appeals panel seemed to suggest that a revised ban could pass legal scrutiny. The original order is temporarily blocked in federal court ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/12/trump-administration-considering-narrower-travel-ban

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. It can't happen here. Nt

[msongs]

2. seig heil nt

[justhanginon]

3. Did he refer at any time to trump as "mein Fuhrer" or perhaps

click his heels while sneering at his unworthy interviewers?

[dalton99a]

4. Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!

[Cha]

5. Yes, they will

[ProudLib72]

6. He's right. tRump's powers won't be questioned.

They will be resisted.

[Solly Mack]

7. Pshaw. Fuck Trump, and fuck you , too, Miller.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. They're being questioned right now

Millions of people are taking to the streets, questioning not only his power, but the so-called president himself.

[Maru Kitteh]

9. Not only has he been questioned, he's been told

to sit the fuck down.

I guess it must sting pretty bad.

I wonder if Mr. Miller is stumping for Spicey's job.

[MineralMan]

10. We're supposed to "Respect his authoritaay" apparently.

Stephen Miller is just a kid. He doesn't know much, really, but he's the only one left to send out to talk to the media. Kellyanne's a laughing-stock, Bannon is too freaking frightening, and Spicer has to have a podium in front of him to hide the fact that he has peed his pants in fear of angering Drumpf.

[Caliman73]

11. Man those guys are really ridiculous!

Yes, the president has broad authority with regards to immigration and national security issues, but that does not stop parties aggrieved from having legal recourse. The administration was sued, in court, by plaintiffs who said they had been damaged by the order. The Court, doing its CONSTITUTIONALLY mandated duty, reviewed the compliant, made a bench ruling pending further review, then heard arguments from both sides, then they ruled again pending further review. That is what courts do. That is all they do. They review, based on law and legal precedence, whether policies are within the boundaries of the constitution and are thus valid or not.

Trump and his sycophants are having a tantrum about it. Every president has been struck down at some point, by the court stating that a particular action, or piece of policy did not pass legal muster. They move on or they amend the policy to bring it inline with the ruling. They don't whine about how the court is somehow illegitimate or get all dictatorial.