Although this EO appears to eliminate religious-minority (ie, Christian) exception, its purpose & practical effect are to target Muslims 4/x
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On its face, the EO applies only to Muslim-majority countries, & the vast majority of ppl covered by the ban are surely to be Muslims. 5/x
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And the EO’s pedigree confirms that it was designed to target Muslims: It has its origins in Trump’s Dec 2015 call for a flat Muslim ban 6/x
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Then in July 2016 Trump said: “Call it whatever you want. We’ll call it territories, OK?”—signaling that the goal was to target Muslims. 7/x
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Then in Jan 2017, Giuliani confirmed that Trump wanted to gerrymander an EO covering as many Muslims as possible but “do it legally.” 8/x
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Now this latest iteration further narrows scope, but keeps focus on Muslims to achieve what S. Miller called “same basic policy outcome” 9/x
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So you can draw a straight line from Trump’s call for a “total & complete shutdown of Muslims” to this latest attempt at a travel ban. 10/x
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Meanwhile, the ban's asserted justification (nat’l security) remains highly suspect. I don’t see anything in this EO that justifies it. 11/x
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And DHS internal memos & nearly a dozen former high-ranking nat’l sec officials have said ban undermines—rather than advances—nat’l sec 12/x
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Question for courts will be whether Trump has poisoned the well. Is this really about nat’l security? Or is it about religious bigotry? 13/x
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IANAL so, obviously, feel free to ignore. But isn't Sec 11. (III) still a pretty clear religious reference?
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