http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/donald-trump-travel-ban/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-29/rule-of-law-1-trump-s-immigration-ban-0
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38791752
To name a few. It was in almost all the media last week:
While on the campaign trail, it was easy for Mr Trump to roundly decry the US immigration system as broken and make a general call for bans and moratoriums. As president, however, his team has had to fill in the details - and it seems they faced some difficulty translating his pre-election rhetoric into policy.
Mr Trump's Friday afternoon executive order reportedly was crafted without consulting legal aides and enacted over the objection of homeland security officials, who balked at including permanent US residents in the ban.
edit seems borked for some reason and i'm tired:
The policy team at the White House developed the executive order on refugees and visas, and largely avoided the traditional interagency process that would have allowed the Justice Department and homeland security agencies to provide operational guidance, according to numerous officials who spoke to CNN on Saturday.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Department of Homeland Security leadership saw the final details shortly before the order was finalized, government officials said.
Friday night, DHS arrived at the legal interpretation that the executive order restrictions applying to seven countries -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen -- did not apply to people who with lawful permanent residence, generally referred to as green card holders.
The White House overruled that guidance overnight, according to officials familiar with the rollout. That order came from the President's inner circle, led by Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon. Their decision held that, on a case by case basis, DHS could allow green card holders to enter the US.
Then Trump called the Judge who defended the constitution against this breach a "so called judge" I'm guessing to try and pressure/bully.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38872177 Pence poorly tries to defend Trump on this borderline intervention of the trias politica....
The last president i saw openly critizising judges and their judgements was Turkey's Erdogan. And i just hope Trump doesn't swing that way.
For instance, in 2011, the Obama White House rejected the judgment of Justice Department and Pentagon officials and decided it had the authority to continue military operations in Libya without seeking approval from Congress.
Checks and balances are for losers, am-i-right? Thanks for the sauce, goes well with my eggs
Yeah, that part was pretty fucked up and not well thought out or executed.
I'd love some sauce for that. Gen Kelly had to be involved in that EO I would hope. That would put a rather large shit stain on DHS if the current administration just ignores DHS for security issues.