White House changes earlier statement, says it may take fight over temporary halt of travel order..

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

White House changes earlier statement, says it may take fight over temporary halt of travel order to Supreme Court

By Matt Zapotosky, Philip Rucker and Rachel Weiner February 10 at 6:10 PM

BREAKING: Minutes after one White House official said the Trump administration would not appeal a 9th Circuit ruling upholding a temporary stay of the travel ban, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said the White House is reviewing all of our options in the court system, including possibly going to the Supreme Court.

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 Trumps 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 Trumps directive violates the constitution.

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?utm_term=.30a1a94a52a8&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation

[madaboutharry]

1. More adventures in amateur land.

This.... That.... No This.... The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Too many people think they're in charge.

[Marthe48]

2. Names?

Unless these are leaks, in which case, onward.

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln

[ananda]

3. This is the epitome of incompetency and chaos.

They're just pullng things out of their asses.

The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.

They just don't understand a government with checks
and balances because 45 though he could rule by fiat
with EO's.

[simguy225]

23. Just ask George

[elleng]

4. We clearly can't accept ANYTHING we hear/see at face value,

things will CONTINUE to change!
Heckuva way to run a government!

[orangecrush]

5. White house after Obama left

Turned into nut house.

[tavernier]

16. Haha! Can picture this as a cartoon.

[Chasstev365]

6. Politics aside, this is the most Fucked Up White House in history!

Flip Floppers hourly. Never let the Republicans distance themselves from Trump! THEY OWN THIS SHIT SHOW!

[C Moon]

9. I see it as Trump freaking out suddenly, and changing his mind

because he can't get it out of his head that he lost.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Considering Fuckface said "SEE YOU IN COURT" he cant now say

I have been told I wont be seeing you there since my EO was written like a 2 yr old on a whining rant.

This is an embarrassment and the bigger embarrassment is the 40 MILLION fuckfaces who think this is all wonderful.

[Greensix1]

8. Can't trust ANYTHING from Trump or his gang

Trump and his gang of thieves can't be trusted for ONE MINUTE. They are either the most crooked, and stupid, people ever assembled in on building, or the largest group of incompetent liars on the planet. One or the other. Maybe both. I'll never believe anything they ever say about anything. If Trump said he looked like an orange orangutan I might nod my head like I believed him, but I'd sure check my encyclopedia to make certain I hadn't confused him with a horses ass.

[trumputin must go]

10. An 11-letter word comes to mind

The first 8 letters are c-l-u-s-t-e-r-f

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I almost posted this

when I saw the WaPO breaking banner... But then I wasn't sure if this was a flipped flop or a flopped flip from the earlier flip flops!

[herding cats]

12. Someone send the a copy of US Politics for Dummies, for crying out loud.

These people haven't got a damn clue what they're doing!

[tavernier]

17. Presidenting for Dummies.

Didn't dubya have a copy?

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Both sides of everything means there are no laws of any kind

This is a deliberate strategy, a complete subliminally-induced logical breakdown

They are working on our minds

RESIST!!!!!!!!

Because this strategy is how you break resistance, you appeal to both sides
of everything until some give up on both sides, some wait to try to figure it out,
and the rest surrender because you appear not to know what you're doing

RESIST!!!!!!!!!!

[Fred Sanders]

14. Since fear is what they are trying to generate then this apparent incompetency by a man with a

finger on the red button of world doom is deliberate.

[nikibatts]

15. The SCOTUS may not even take up the case. Send it back.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. This is what happens when you elect the Breitbart chairman as shadow president

It's a crap organisation that played at covering the news, but was really no more than a group of far right ideologues running a glorified blog commenting on the news covered by the real media. With their front man just the face of a 'reality' TV show, he's no good without a real production team behind him, and most of the experienced Republican operatives kept their distance from his campaign because it looked toxic.

So they are a chaotic jury-rigged ship of fools. it doesn't help that half of them think chaos is A Good Thing. The awful thing is how the country is meant to get itself out from under the crash - or will the Trump regime limp on for months or even years?

[cstanleytech]

20. I dont care how far the varies Repugnants stayed unless they publicly said

vote for Hillary people they own this shit lock stock and barrel.

[briv1016]

19. They really have no choice but the Supreme Court.

To re-issue the ban would be to admit they made a mistake the first time and to go back to the district court would open their internal memos and emails up to discovery. That being said, I think they're going to get the same result at the Supreme Court as they did with the 9th circuit.

The real question is what do they do after that?

[cstanleytech]

21. They will roll over, blame SCOTUS and tell their supporters that

they will make sure to appoint only extreme conservatives to the court in the future and the odds are Trump will get one more appointment which sucks ass.

[lark]

26. Keep your fingers crossed that Kennedy votes with the more liberal justices.

Otherwise, it's pure chaos with 2 federal courts and 2 different interpretations. Don't know what would happen, for sure, but you can bet drumpf would exploit that hole to the max.

[Ilsa]

22. "We don't know what we're doing." If only one of them would try to set it right:

?476

[logosoco]

24. They don't know what the fuck they are doing!

200+ years for this government and they have screwed it up miserably in less than ONE MONTH!

[lark]

25. OMG, this is getting dizzying trying to keep up with the ever changing spin.

It's like the news is so dependent on who's doing the leaking. First there's one story, then others in the admin., not liking that staffers take, leak another version. OR - is it that hair furor is changing his mind so quickly? Is it just a matter of who he talked to last? This is confusing and curious.

[JohnnyLib2]

27. Government by chaos--

And ripe for upheaval. Have to wonder if the left or the right will gain more from this disaster of an administration.

Mind-boggling