A representative for Customs and Border Protection told HuffPost, "Arriving aliens bear the burden of establishing admissibility to the United States."
Let me break this down:
Openly defying court orders multiple times= dictatorship
Threatening to jail political opponents despite them being pardoned= dictatorship
Deporting American citizens who have legal citizenship= dictatorship
Can’t put it any simpler.
I thought the executive branch didn't control the budget, so wouldn't really be able to block it. But I'm not American and don't know the US system that well.
The problem were finding out now is, there is no way for the branches to enforce their decisions unless they all agree.
If executive disagrees with judicial orders and doesn't follow and orders the departments under executive branch control to follow their orders anyway, there is no way for judicial or legislation branches to hold the executive accountable and stop them. Other than legislation impeaching people.
Not sure how many scenarios the US has been in where legislation ignored judicial ruling. And can't think of how judicial could ignore legislation and executive branches exactly...
I mean, the court ruled against him and he doesn't control the purse strings. So if courts rule that rights were violated and the government can be sued I don't think he can dodge that easily.
Maybe I'm being silly, but Canada paid $10.5 million to a Guantanamo Bay inmate because his rights were violated. So I guess at the very least we better make sure to advocate strongly for any Canadians caught up in this mess.