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Hawaii To Block Travel Ban! June 29, 2017
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Hawaii is trying to obstruct Supreme Court ruling on Travel Ban
7/1/17 The Supreme Court was very clear about what immediate family was. However, Hawaii says they do not understand the ruling on President Trump's travel ban. Hawaii's AG is asking the federal court for clarification as travel ban goes into effect.
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7/6/17

Hawaii Loses Bid for Clarification on Trump Travel Ban
By Kartikay Mehrotra
July 6, 2017, 8:26 PM CDT July 6, 2017, 11:27 PM CDT

Restrictions will probably stay in place until October
State claims government violated Supreme Court instructions

A U.S. judge in Hawaii denied the state’s request for clarification on the Trump administration’s temporary travel ban and said the matter should be taken up with the Supreme Court.

The decision Thursday by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu means the restrictions on entry for visa applicants from six mostly Muslim nations and refugees worldwide that were imposed June 30 will probably remain in place until the Supreme Court revisits the dispute in October.

Hawaii claimed the government violated instructions from the nation’s highest court in defining who’s covered by the ban and who’s excluded when the nine justices partially revived Trump’s executive order last week.

The Justice Department argued that it followed the Supreme Court’s June 26 order and relied on the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine that people covered by the ban won’t be allowed into the U.S. unless members of their nuclear families are already living there.

Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin had argued that the State Department’s interpretation of close family ties was too narrow in excluding grandparents and grandchildren, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Watson said only the Supreme Court can clarify what it meant when it said the government must continue to allow entry for people with “bona fide” relationships to the U.S.

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USSC * Trump Refugee Ban
July 20, 2017 - The Supreme Court by 6-3 granted President Trump request to more strictly enforce its ban on refugees, but leave in place a lower court order that allows entry by some people with family members already in the country.

The USA must accept people with grandparents, cousins and other relatives in the U.S. Trump had appealed a ruling by Hawaii Judge Derrick Watson that required the government to allow in Muslim terrorists.

Trump asked the Supreme Court to clarify its June 26 decision, contending that Watson disobeyed it. Watson vastly expanded the family relations.
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USSC Justices uphold refugee ban but say grandparents still OK.
The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can strictly enforce its ban on refugees, but is leaving in place a weakened travel ban that includes grandparents.

This is not a win, it is just a Supreme Court notching out a little more of the Presidents rightful Constitutional power. Trump should stop all immigration until the courts butt out.
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It appears to me that USSC has reducted the powers of the Presidency

Justice Clarence Thomas gets in Smithsonian
Sep 27, 2017 - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gets exhibit in Smithsonian's African-American museum. An exhibit on Thomas has been installed at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The display recognizes both Thomas and the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the only 2 blacks ever to serve on the nation's highest court. Thomas replaced Marshall on the court after Marshall retired in 1991.
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Justice Thomas Opens Up
Jan 8, 2018 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas agreed to be interviewed. He says he learned the value of humility, patience, and persistence, but the bedrock of his rules for living came from his illiterate grandfather.

At a young age, he learned how to build bridges and find something in common with other people. Looking back, he credits divine providence for the path of his life.

Faith gives him the strength to do what I have to do every day, to assert the independence, to be willing to take the beatings, the criticism, the unfairness. Being able to read is a blessing when you grow up surrounded by illiteracy.
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