Scott Jennings: District Court Judges Are Trying to Substitute Their Judgment for Core Function of the Presidency

PHILLIP: “So maybe it will end up being that the courts might agree with the Trump Administration that this is a national security exercise, but it seems like what Dante is saying, and what seems self-evident, is that there is a process for determining whether that‘s true or not, because it‘s not obvious that immigration enforcement is like carrying out a war, you know, overseas somewhere, in Syria or elsewhere.”
JENNINGS: “Well, I think a few things. Number one, we‘ve had a number of instances now on immigration and other matters where individual district court judges are trying to effectively substitute their judgment for that of what the White House believes is core function of the presidency as designated by the Constitution. That‘s a key question, and probably needs to be sorted out by the Supreme Court someday. That‘s number one. Number two, on the issue of these deportations, it‘s quite clear the president believes he is keeping the United States and its citizens safe from non-citizens who are in the country illegally, first of all, and second of all, who have a long history of committing very, very violent acts from murder to rape to sex trafficking and so on.”