"No Muslim Ban Ever" activists speak out at Supreme Court
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.
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.
"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).
Set up around the podium were six giant passport posters, each marked "rejected" to symbolize the countries affected by the ban. 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.
"It is a false choice to say that somehow our national security depends on banning Muslims," said Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. "That is just playing to the racism and the Islamaphobia that is already out there."
Isra Chaker, refugee campaign manager for Oxfam, said that "The Muslim ban has torn families apart and shot at their ability to be reunited. It is cruel, and it is heartless."
"We need to stop repeating history," added David Inoue, Executive Director of Japanese American Citizen League.
"I believe all Americans have a responsibility to challenge it on constitutional grounds, on moral grounds, on ethical grounds," said Zainab Chaudry, an American Muslim civil rights and political activist. "It's just devastating to see our country heading in this direction."
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A Muslim ban would be stupid af. It's like they are the new Jews. Freedom of Religion is the foundation of the Western civilization, for fucks sake.
gotta love government aggression. If a ban is upheld and I allow a "banned" person on my private land, does the state give itself the authority to violate my right to free association by removing the person I voluntarily let enter my property. That only makes sense if the gov has a greater claim to my land than I do.
Have you ever heard of private property?
yeah that's why I say a muslim ban would be terrible. The only way to enforce it would be to require aggression to prevent free movement, property rights, and free association. All told there is no logical grounding for it.
they are right, there was no Muslim ban ever. None of the executive orders constitute a "Muslim ban"
They are preaching at the wrong choir, they should be addressing their concerns to the countries on the list to bring their security standards up and/or getting their relatives who live there to address the concern to the proper authorities.
Islam comes in a strange state and back returns in a foreign state, it is lucky that strange man. Prophet Muhammad
Well the world is turning into something else, especially in terms of security ⛔ issues, a lot of terrorist attacks here and there, but it shouldn't look biased.
Like you pointed out, that it didnt say it was a muslim country, but the countries affected shows that. Let us not be biased.
"one who comes to equity must come with clean hands"