Full Speech/Interview: CAIR's Nihad Awad on "Muslim Ban"
As the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Hawaii v. Trump to decide whether one of President Trump's latest "Muslim Ban" policies violates federal law, activists outside condemned the travel ban as unconstitutional and unhelpful to national security.
"We have a toddler in the White House. A preschooler who thinks the constitution is a toy to be played with and thrown away when he is bored by its protections," said Nihad Awad, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Awad argued that the ban is unconstitutional because it singles out a religious minority.
The ban prevents nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the policy discriminates against a particular religious group and whether President Trump has the constitutional authority to impose it.
Included in the latest iteration of the ban are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Chad, Syria, and Yemen, as well as North Korea and Venezuela. Iraq and Sudan were listed on previous versions but have since been dropped following security assurances. Although the executive order does not mentioned Islam by name, most of the nations impacted are majority Muslim.
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