Supreme Court probably right to uphold travel ban. Terrible policy, and Congress's responsibility. But Congress ceded a giant national security exemption to the president. And who determines what qualifies as "national security"? POTUS. Bad law. Easily abused. But still the law.
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It's the same bullshit as the Posse Comitatus issues: POTUS can just say, "Eh, you can use the military because I say so." Because no one ever thought the president of the damn U.S. would use that power except in dire emergency. ><
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Not that we've explicitly had to deal with that yet (as far as I know), but... I'm sure it's *going* to be an issue. Soon.
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