After sniping at American gun control advocates that the London terrorists used knives and vehicles on Sunday, the President began his Monday with a series of tweets targeting opponents of his travel ban policy.
President Donald Trump is criticizing his own Justice Department for asking the Supreme Court to review a "watered down, politically correct version" of the travel ban he signed in March.
Meanwhile, the White House ruled out a new executive order in this regard. That order is now facing its own legal challenges.
"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is 'no reason to be alarmed!'" Khan had actually said the city was increasing its police presence in the coming days and there was no reason for residents to be alarmed about their future safety.
"The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C".
Trump's administration last week appealed to the Supreme Court, after lower courts had temporarily frozen the implementation of his order to consider whether it violates protections on freedom of religion.
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"I don't think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the United States of America in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for", Khan said."When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate".
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who serves as the deputy press secretary, justified this inconsistency during briefing Monday by saying Trump doesn't care what anyone calls it. The Brennan Center for Justice, a liberal legal think tank, sounded this alarm Monday, warning that Trump's "troubling pattern of attacking judges and the courts for rulings he disagrees with. threatens our entire system of government".
The courts in January halted Trump's initial order, which banned travel from seven majority-Muslim countries and indefinitely halted entry for Syrian refugees. "If we don't get smart it will only get worse", Trump tweeted.
"Its kinda odd to have the defendant in Hawaii v Trump acting as our co-counsel", Katyal tweeted. In their filings last week in the Supreme Court, Justice Department lawyers said even so, both versions are "aimed at the same national security objectives - facilitating a few of existing screening and vetting procedures". Just as Trump's Justice Department is arguing the ban doesn't target Muslims, legal experts said the president seems to be suggesting the opposite.
The poll also finds that half of Americans (50%) favor the measure which would temporarily halt travel to the US from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, countries known to have ties to terrorism. The move caused widespread disruptions at worldwide airports and protests from Muslims, rights groups and others.
Pollsters also found 52 percent think Trump's executive order is aimed at preventing terrorists from reaching the US, while 39 percent believe it is meant to target Muslims.
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