SCOTUS Drops Hawaii’s Challenge to Trump’s Extreme Vetting EO.

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executive Order, extreme vetting, Fourth Circuit, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald Trump, SCOTUS, Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States just hours ago dismissed Hawaii’s challenge to President Trump’s extreme vetting executive order remanding the case back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for dismissal as the case is now moot due to the expiration of the 120-day pause which ends today.

Washington Times by Stephen Dinan and Andrea Noble

…The justices acted on the same day that the 120 period expired. “Because those provisions of the Order have ‘expired by [their] own terms,’ the appeal no longer presents a ‘live case or controversy,’” the justices said. The order comes as the Trump administration is expected to announce an updated policy on refugee vetting and admissions later Tuesday. President Trump has already slashed the overall refugee target from 110,000 people in 2017 to 45,000 in 2018. But as the administration works improve its vetting procedures for visitors and would be immigrants to the U.S., it continues to be embroiled in court battles over the legality of its plan to curtail admissions to the U.S. from countries where there are concerns about terrorism and vetting procedures to confirm the identities of travelers[…]

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Last month, POTUS issued a third travel ban that included Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. The usual judicial activists in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked the ban from going into effect with the exception of North Korea and Venezuela.

You can view the Supreme Court’s order below or here in pdf format.

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See also: Justices strike second travel-ban case from docket.

 

Cross-posted on Wow! Magazine and Grumpy Opinions.

9th Circuit Rules – Coaches can be punished for praying on field.

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Coach Joe Kennedy, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, praying

The Ninth Circuit’s judicial activists have ruled against prayer by coaches on public school football fields.

Why? Besides the fact that the Ninth Circuit is on the wrong side of history on this, praying on the field means praying in public and well, such behavior is not to be tolerated. [Sarcasm?  You decide.]

Fox News by Todd Starnes

A three-judge panel ruled the Bremerton School District was justified in suspending Coach Joe Kennedy after he took a knee and prayed silently at mid-field after football games.

“When Kennedy kneeled and prayed on the fifty-yard line immediately after games while in view of students and parents, he spoke as a public employee, not as a private citizen, and his speech therefore was constitutionally unprotected,” the 9th Circuit wrote.

Kennedy, who served as an assistant coach at Bremerton High School from 2008-2015, was ordered to refrain from bowing his head, taking a knee or doing anything that could be perceived as praying on public school property[…]

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Next stop, Supreme Court?

H/t Katie Pavlich, Townhall.

Judge Andrew Napolitano on Ninth Circuit Court Hearing of Trump’s EO

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executive Order, extreme vetting, Moratorium, National Security, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. DONALD TRUMP President of the United States et al. Case No.: 17-35105

Judge Andrew Napolitano early today on Imus in the Morning radio program discussed Tuesday’s night’s hearing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday night in Case No.: 17-35105, State of Washington & State of Minnesota v. DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States, et al.

Below is an audio of the hearing:

You can view the documents pertaining to the hearing here.