Hawaii state Attorney General Doug Chin on Thursday criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for remarking that it is amazing that a judge on “an island in the Pacific” could stop President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
“President Trump previously called a federal judge in California a so-called judge. Now U.S. Attorney General Sessions appears to dismiss a federal judge in Hawaii as just a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific,” Chin said in a statement. “Our Constitution created a separation of powers in the United States for a reason. Our federal courts, established under article III of the Constitution, are co-equal partners with Congress and the President. It is disappointing AG Sessions does not acknowledge that.”
During an interview on “The Mark Levin” radio show Wednesday, Sessions complained that a federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump’s travel ban, appearing to question that judge’s authority.
“I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and Constitutional power,” Sessions said.
Under fire from Hawaii Democrats for Sessions’ remarks, the Department of Justice on Thursday released a statement noting that Hawaii is an island in the Pacific.
“Hawaii is, in fact, an island in the Pacific – a beautiful one where the Attorney General’s granddaughter was born,” Ian Prior, a spokesman for the Justice Department, said in a statement. “The point, however, is that there is a problem when a flawed opinion by a single judge can block the President’s lawful exercise of authority to keep the entire country safe.”
Judge Derrick Watson is in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, not the island of Hawaii. Hawaii, as Sessions referenced it, is not an island in the Pacific but a state. Sessions is some kind of stupid.
WELL there is no longer any penalty for attacking judges for allowing police brutality or for overt racism.
in fact EVERY racist comment made by the puppet or members of his regime is manna for what is left of their followers .
and holding their base together is the main concern.
there are always enough idiots to sway with say…dropping a few bombs.
sessons we are told will be swept away when the Russian connection finally gets to indictment and prosecution.
lets hope that comes quickly…i can not see any other way to slow down the damage being done.
That has been a given from before his confirmation hearings. The totalitarian regime believes that if they say it it is law, and screw anyone else.
We can’t vote them out early enough, since the replacements are worse.
Apparently, some human is Attorney General of these United States, but you gotta wonder.
Ok, sO soMe not-americaN chinaMan froM aN island in the paCific basicallY confirmS SessIons thaT it IS some islaNd in the Pacific, mayBe neaR china. MaYbe really China? MayBe theY aren’t heLping with Kim Jung one of them after aLL.