Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being deservedly pilloried for saying that federal judge Derrick Watson was "sitting on an island in the Pacific". Specifically, Sessions objected to Watson blocking portions of President Trump's second Muslim immigration and travel ban last month. To be precise, Sessions said, “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power.”
Well, if Judge Watson is sitting on an island in the Pacific then hasn't President Trump been sitting on an island in the Atlantic for the better part of his life?
Or let's put it another way. Does Sessions think Judge Gonzalo Curiel is a Mexican?
That Sessions questions the judge's legitimacy is a sure sign that the law doesn't pass constitutional muster. I know Sessions would prefer federal judges to be a rubber stamp for Trump's policies. It would make his job a lot easier. That is not their job. Trump isn't above the law. He is merely being kept in check. A federal judge's ruling is just as valid in Honolulu as it is in Manhattan. This is a federal system, Mr. Attorney General. That would be 50 states. All 50 states.
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