And So It Begins

The Deep State and its pet judiciary are striking back at the God-Emperor:

A federal judge in Seattle has issued a two-week suspension of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship. The move was “blatantly unconstitutional,” Judge John Coughenour said.

The order, signed by Trump immediately after taking office on January 20, sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States if neither parent is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident.

The decree has been met with a widespread backlash from Democrats and human rights campaigners. More than 20 Democratic-led states, along with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco, filed lawsuits in Boston and Seattle, arguing that Trump had violated the US Constitution. Immigrant and civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire.

The restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first such lawsuit to get a hearing before a judge. The ruling applies nationwide, however.

One can learn a lot about one’s enemy from the points which they choose to defend and what their priorities are. It’s interesting to see that protecting so-called “birthright citizenship” is clearly more important to the enemies of America than fighting the deportations. I suspect that one reason is that they feel birthright citizenship is more defensible; another might be that they know dual-citizenship is almost certainly a future target and it will be easier to outlaw once the ban on birthright citizenship is upheld.

Of course, this is going to be a battle. I suspect the ban will be upheld in a limited capacity, so that those designated “enemy combatants” will be barred from conveying citizenship on their children born in the United States. Then, of course, it’s a simple matter to clarify that the term “enemy combatant” includes everyone who has physically invaded the country.

However, it would be much more effective if President Trump simply ordered that none of his executive orders are subject to judicial branch review, which is of course his legal right under the Constitutional principle of the separation of powers. His other recourse would be to declare martial law and suspend the Constitution under the very valid principle of the ongoing foreign invasion of the United States.

But, of course, there are many different fronts to the war with Clown World.

US President Donald Trump is considering reducing his country’s military contingent in Europe by 20% as he reviews Washington’s commitment to the continent, Italian news agency ANSA has reported, citing EU diplomatic sources. If the pullout occurs, the number of US service personnel in Europe will decrease from around 100,000 to 80,000, the agency reported on Wednesday.

He would be wise to pull all the troops out of Europe and Japan. They can’t serve any purpose except as a six-month speed bump on either front, and there is a very good chance he’s going to need them at home. Remember, the Russians spent 27 million lives in defeating both the Germans and the Japanese during WWII. And the Russian federation has 75 percent of the population of the Soviet Union in 1940. Which means the only thing preventing Russia from invading and occupying the entirety of Europe is not the 100,000 US troops stationed there, but Russia’s lack of national interest in expanding its empire.

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