http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2 ... lly-flawed
But of course, he and his cronies will probably be quite pleased with that. I'd be surprised if people with visas/ green cards or dual nationality weren't deliberately included in the hasty travel ban. It sowed confusion and fear, even if they knew it wasn't the least bit legal.
Quote: Trump's executive orders: Dramatic but fatally flawed?
The broad strokes of President Trump's executive orders are enabling swift action, but could leave them legally vulnerable.
In making their claims for greater executive authority, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama offered careful legal justifications for their moves – and even then, courts did not accept all of them. By contrast, Trump’s orders appear to be very loosely written, legally speaking, opening broad latitude for legal challenges ...
On Monday evening, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama appointee, said that she has directed the Justice Department not to defend the ban in court, saying she's not convinced "the executive order is lawful." Her decision was described as striking, but symbolic. Trump fired her the same evening.
And his latest brilliant plan:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2017/0130/ ... -out-order
I'm no fan of bureaucracy, but this sort of broad order is the act of an imbecile.
Quote: An executive order President Trump signed on Monday could lead regulators to, strictly speaking, think twice before they introduce a new rule. For every new regulation they put forward, agencies must identify two others they plan to eliminate to offset costs.
Edit: I'm not sure who these people are, or how reputable, but if it's true, this seems to confirm that Trump, Bannon and his inner circle are trying to run the federal government like a private business where they have absolute say over what happens. And where transparency is absent, and dissenters are kicked out without evaluating whether they have a valid point.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/30/st ... president/
Quote: Steve Bannon Is Making Sure There’s No White House Paper Trail, Says Intel Source
Quote: Even before he was given a formal seat on the National Security Council’s “principals committee” this weekend by President Donald Trump, Bannon was calling the shots and doing so with little to no input from the National Security Council staff, according to an intelligence official who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution.
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“They ran all of these executive orders outside of the normal construct,” he said, referring to last week’s flurry of draft executive orders on everything from immigration to the return of CIA “black sites.”
Quote: Under previous administrations, if someone thought another person or directorate had a stake in the issue at hand or expertise in a subject area, he or she was free to share the papers as long as the recipient had proper clearance.
With that standard in mind, when some officials saw Trump’s draft executive orders, they felt they had broad impact and shared them more widely for staffing and comments.
That did not sit well with Bannon or his staff, according to the official. More stringent guidelines for handling and routing were then instituted, and the National Security Council staff was largely cut out of the process.