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April 21, 2017

AG Sessions Amazed Judge "On an Island in the Pacific" Blocked Trump
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Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said this week he was amazed
that a federal judge "sitting on an island in the Pacific" had the power
to halt President Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from six
majority-Muslim nations. Sessions was referring to U.S. District Judge
Derrick Watson of Hawaii, who ruled in March that Trump's executive
order violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, which bars
discrimination on religious grounds.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "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 powers."

Attorney General Sessions's comments drew condemnation from Hawaii's
congressional delegation. Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono accused
Sessions of "dog whistle politics," tweeting, "Hawaii was built on the
strength of diversity & immigrant experiences- including my own. Jeff
Sessions' comments are ignorant & dangerous."


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