© Erik ThomasGov. Cuomo
The New York governor called the court's decision on President Trump's travel ban "a stain on this country's history."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), in an appearance on CNN on Tuesday, said that Americans can no longer "trust" the institution of the Supreme Court because of the justices' decision on President Trump's travel ban.
The Court
ruled in a 5-4 decision on Tuesday to uphold the president's executive order banning citizens from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
"It's a bad decision on the law," he claimed. "It's a stain on this country's history."
"It was a political decision, and at this time of instability and gridlock where people don't trust institutions, the Supreme Court, you would have liked to think, was one institution that could be trusted," the Democratic governor added, implying Americans can no longer trust the Court to make decisions based on law.
Cuomo claimed that "religious bias" and "Islamophobia" motivated the Trump administration's order.
Comment: Andrew Coumo is virtue signalling to his liberal base. Trump is exercising a power enshrined directly in the Constitution: This is what the
law says:
Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.
Seven countries have travel restrictions: North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela. Since when was Venezuela a Muslim country?
Muslim countries
not in travel ban: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Indonesia, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Senegal, and Kosovo
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban on countries posing 'terrorist threat'
Comment: Andrew Coumo is virtue signalling to his liberal base. Trump is exercising a power enshrined directly in the Constitution: This is what the law says: Seven countries have travel restrictions: North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela. Since when was Venezuela a Muslim country?
Muslim countries not in travel ban: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Indonesia, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Senegal, and Kosovo
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban on countries posing 'terrorist threat'