And It Begins -- For A Third Time, Now: No Chance For Trump -- On Muslim Ban No. 3

Once again, the issues are of such great moment -- to firmly re-establishing who we are as a nation (i.e., the polar opposite of 45's myopic and hateful world-views) -- that the language used just to describe them fairly sends chills down my spine.

We are (by 45) being asked to reconsider whether America will remain the land of the truly free -- and a beacon of hope, for the world. There can scarcely be a notion more dramatic than our now 240 plus year promises, to these, the "huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. . . air."

I'll have more on the timelines, next week. Both motions do truthfully tower -- in their command of the historic import of this moment -- but for tonight, I've chosen to quote the Maryland filing, and will also link to the Hawaii one, for good measure:

. . . .For the third time since taking office, President Trump has issued an order banning hundreds of millions of people from entering the United States. Yet again, the overwhelming majority of those who will be blocked from the country are Muslim. The ban, like its predecessors, delivers on the President’s longstanding promise to exclude Muslims from the United States, striking at the very core of our Nation’s founding values of religious freedom and equality. Unlike its predecessors, the new ban is indefinite, and potentially permanent. For those within its immense scope, it replaces Congress’s detailed admissions system with a new one designed by the President. But Congress has not authorized the President to discard and replace its own immigration policy choices, and the Constitution does not allow him to condemn and disfavor a religion. . . .

If the ban goes into effect, the damage will be immediate and widespread. It will separate families, disrupt businesses, imperil courses of study, block needed medical treatment, and prevent academic, artistic, scientific, and cultural exchange. Above all, it will send a message to Muslims everywhere that they are not welcome in this country. This motion therefore seeks a preliminary injunction of the visa and entry restrictions imposed by Proclamation No. 9645 (“EO-3”). . . .

Mr. Trump will lose once again -- at every level -- and in the process, the welcome of our founding fathers, and their rule of law, with respect for ordered liberty. . . will again prevail. [And that is to say nothing of the economic argument that our nation's leadership in the life sciences is predicated on the arrival of the best and brightest, without prejudice as to country of origin.] We are a nation of laws, not kings. Heed the call, 45.

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