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| Stephen Miller Defends Trump's EO: ‘The Judiciary Is Not Supreme (Video) |
| 2017-02-12 |
| [Daily Caller] Stephen Miller argued that a judge cannot singlehandedly strike down the president’s executive order on immigration because we "have equal branches of government in this country." After a three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit unanimously ruled to reject the Justice Department’s request to lift a Seattle judge’s restraining order on President Trump’s immigration order this week, his senior policy adviser said that the judicial branch is "not supreme." "The point I want to make to you, George, and the point I want to make to your listeners, is that we have equal branches of government in this country," Miller told George Stephanopoulos during an interview on "This Week" Sunday. "The judiciary is not supreme. A district judge in Seattle cannot force the President of the United States to change their laws and our constitution because of their own personal views." "The president has the power under the INA, Section 212 F8 USC 82 F (ph) to suspend the entry of aliens when it’s in the national interest," Miller continued. "He has that same power under an Article 2 power to conduct to the foreign affairs of our country. And we will do whatever we need to do, consistent with the law, to keep this country safe." |
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