No sooner did the news come down that the Supreme Court upheld Donald Trump’s Muslim ban than Fox News pundits began suggesting to the Fan in Chief that he use the ruling to ban people coming into the country from Mexico, too.
Today’s Supreme Court decision was released during Fox’s America’s Newsroom show. Anchor Eric Shawn's question to senior judicial analyst, Andrew Napolitano, was a virtual elbow in the ribs. It suggested the talking point/suggestion had been pre-planned.
SHAWN: Does this give him, the president, expanded powers over this issue, that he could expand this, this order and to involve other countries or other issues?
NAPOLITANO: Yes. Yes, the president could amend this order and include Mexico if he wanted to. Now, again, he would have to make findings that people coming from Mexico are harmful to the national security of the United States but the Supreme Court has said, “If the findings are rational, we will not second guess them.”
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So this opinion may very well give some oomph, if you will, to Donald Trump, the president, to help resolve the problems that we’ve all been wringing our hands over at the United States/Mexico border in the past two weeks.
Later, on Outnumbered Overtime, anchor Melissa Francis went through the same dance with Republican Rep. Darrell Issa:
FRANCIS: So, I mean, as this decision comes down, a lot of people think that either you or the president would be thinking so this clears the way for – what next?
ISSA: Well, I think it clears the way for targeted executive orders and executive action to protect our borders, both literally and figuratively. …
Watch the not-so-subtle hints below, from the June 26, 2018 America’s Newsroom and Outnumbered Overtime.
Update: This post originally interpreted Trump TV's remarks to be aimed at Mexicans. But a more careful reading revealed that they seemed to be referring to all immigrants coming into the country through the Mexican border.
“…… No more "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” In its place will be a 300-foot statue of a ICE agent with the inscription “Stay the hell out unless you are from Norway.” "
Ah Sarah Sanders, “Samoa” your wisecracks, eh? That’s “Norway” to run America!
;^)
[I just HAD to get that one in!]
First they came for the Democratic Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Democratic Socialist.
Then they came for the union members, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a union member.
Then they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Muslim.
Then they came for the Latinos, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Latino.
Then they came for the blacks, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not black.
Then they came for the liberals, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a liberal.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
THOSE THAT DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!
’Nuff said.
Having an ignorant old bully charging around the china shop is a recipe for utter chaos.
We in Europe will no doubt suffer from price increases, too, but my crystal ball tells me that we’ll not get the full brunt of President Trump’s “let’s shoot ourselves in the foot” policies. I read somewhere that consumer spending accounts for up to 70% of GDP in the USA.
