Thank God there are still some judges of character and true patriotism left in this country who are not afraid of standing up to and calling out Donald Trump and his fascist minions for their un-American and un-Constitutional attacks on this nation's founding principles as outlined in our most cherished national document, The Constitution of the United States of America.
Observe how it's done right folks:
A federal judge in Seattle blocked, temporarily, President Donald Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the idea spelled out in the Constitution that every person born in the United States is an American citizen.
Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide.
“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”
Coughenour, speaking to a standing-room-only courtroom in downtown Seattle, interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence.
“In your opinion is this executive order constitutional?” he asked.
Said Shumate, “It absolutely is.”
“Frankly, I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”
You see how easy that was? And from a Ronald Reagan appointed judge no less. If the judiciary ever completely acquiesces to Drumpf's tyrannical assholery, all that will be left to defend the United States of America from a Russian-style kleptocracy will be "We The People."
Just ask any Italian who lived in Italy during WW2, and I'm certain there are still a few alive - ask them how it was that they finally dealt with their fascist despot of that time. If our Orange Mussolini goes too far, there's always the chance of history repeating itself, grim as that sounds. Let's just hope that our little orange constitution shredder backs down and he never pushes the nation to exact such a hardcore degree of retribution.
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--- TFG
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