White House considers rewriting Trumps immigration order

[herding cats]

Source: Washington Post

The White House is considering rewriting the executive order barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country, according to officials, indicating the administration may try to restore some aspects of the now-frozen travel ban or replace it with other face-saving measures.

The deliberations come after a panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit declined Thursday to immediately reinstate President Trump’s controversial directive. Officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions, said the White House and Justice Department are also mulling whether to ask the full 9th Circuit or the Supreme Court to intervene. Government lawyers could alternatively wage a legal battle in the lower courts to address more squarely whether Trump’s directive violates the constitution.

Still, the White House’s options appear increasingly limited. The 9th Circuit judges indicated some of the administration’s proposed concessions — which presumably could turn into rewrites — don’t go far enough. Government lawyers also cannot undo Trump’s own campaign trail comments about wanting to stop all Muslims from entering the country and his assertion after taking office that Christians would be given priority. That is potentially compelling evidence that even a watered-down order might be intended to discriminate, said Leon Fresco, the deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Immigration Litigation in President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

“The problem is this is such a bad case for the government to be making these arguments,” Fresco said.

It is not clear exactly in what ways the White House might rewrite the order, and doing so would not automatically render moot the various lawsuits across the country.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-considers-rewriting-trumps-immigration-order/2017/02/10/ddcf5a6a-efb5-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.516f6553bf1e

[tenorly]

1. All the legalese in the world won't put this train wreck back together again.

Or Humpty Trumpty, for that matter.

[fountainofyouth]

2. They've already opened Pandora's box

Bless their hearts, galvanizing public opposition in just one week.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Even money says Obama's orders will be heavenly plagiarized in the rewrite and....

just tweaked and dumbed-down enough a bit to pass scrutiny, plus it will be impressively branded with some silly title that will leave no doubt the orange anus owns it and HE means business. Fucking stagecraft, that's all this is.