Trump’s Neil Gorsuch finally rewarded his
master for his appointment and favor in landing him an associate justice job in
what was no doubt the nation’s highest hall of justice until today, June 16,
2018. Today, The Supreme Court of Donald
J. Trump [as it can no longer be deemed “The Supreme Court of the United
States”] made a 5-4 decision to uphold the Trump Travel Ban against seven (7)
countries: Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, and Venezuela. Some of these nations are predominantly Muslim. Trump has finally got his wish
in banning people from these “shit-hole countries” [Trump’s language here]. The
Supreme Court of Donald J. Trump has reversed a decision by the lower
court, upholding Travel Ban 3.0, since 1.0 and 2.0 were struck down. This is
not only a surprising verdict from what was formerly the nation’s most
conscientious court, but a sad day for the United States and those citizens and
residents of the seven nations against which the Travel Ban was upheld. This
will certainly affect international students and nations from these nations who
are residing in the United States, and who may have family, property, or other
interests in the U.S. Trump must be swimming in his own saliva of caustic
self-congratulation at this time – hopefully he will not stay afloat, giving
all of us relief from his roller coaster presidency. In fact, even Trump
himself was surprised by the verdict as evident from one of his simplest and
most grammatically correct tweets thus far: “SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL
BAN. Wow!”
The former Supreme Court of the United States has certainly made an
error, and in the words of Donald J. Trump, a “bigly” one. This will set the
tone for further hostile language and discrimination against immigrants,
harassment at airports, and create further tensions across the board. Trump has
dubbed the ruling “a tremendous victory” – a tremendously hugely one sir! The former Supreme Court cited “rational
basis” and “legitimate state interests”. The dissent was entered by the following
four sensible justices: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Sonia Sotomayor,
Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Elena Kagan. Justices John Roberts, Anthony
Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch constituted the majority
opinion. In terms of the outcome, the most surprising from among these five
justices is that of Clarence Thomas, as it is expected that Gorsuch
will always side with his lord and master. However, minorities were certainly
hoping they would see Thomas switch from his nonsensical conservatism to
support minorities.
Chief Justice John Roberts who voted for
upholding the Travel Ban 3.0 seems to have forgotten to take his epileptic
medication, when one listens to his reasoning. The decision, while his argument
deflects from broader and more serious implications, seems to focus only on
upholding vague presidential authority. A pre-law college student could have
provided a better reasoning than what Roberts provided, as Roberts’ reasoning
was wholly devoid of consequences for democracy, America’s republican form of
government, and the Constitution. Let’s continue to watch this epic movie and
see what happens in the weeks and months, and even years to come!
Over and out!
About
the Author
Dr. Donovan A. McFarlane
teaches in the fields of Political Science and Public Administration to include
courses on American Government, The Presidency, and Public Policy. He has extensively
taught in the fields of Business and Management at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Some of the major courses he has facilitated include International
Business, Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Strategic Management, among other
courses. He currently writes articles in several areas for his Blog, Forum of Business, Organizations, and
Society (FOBOS): http://businessorganizationssociety.blogspot.com/
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