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Process if there do the rights the constitution affords u.s. citizens? does the court really meant to say that due process applies to foreigners and other countries? >> i think the courts focus on the due process was related to the impact of this executive order on immigration law. clearly with respect to due process, due process applies to citizens in the united states, residents in the united states as well as individuals who have applied and been granted visas, the court was very clear on tha...

Process if there do the rights the constitution affords u.s. citizens? does the court really meant to say that due process applies to foreigners and other countries? >> i think the courts focus on the due process was related to the impact of this executive order on immigration law. clearly with respect to due process, due process applies to citizens in the united states, residents in the united states as well as individuals who have applied and been granted visas, the court was very clear on tha...

The case was does the president have the authority to do it, if he does, its his judgment to make. thats the plain reading of the law, the plain understanding of the constitution, i think the policy was unwise. but thats irrelevant. i think its very clearly legal, this is the most left-wing, most overturned court in the country. i think for the administration and considering trump does not like to lose, i think he may want to go to the supreme court which may not be the most tactically wise way ...

By tweeting we just saw you in court, and we beat you, tucker. >> tucker: thanks a lot for that. the people providing the legal opposition is karl racine, he is the attorney general for district of columbia, hes one of the 16 attorneys general who signed an amicus brief supported lawsuit against the presidents orders, he joins us now from washington, thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> tucker: in the ruling tonight, there was this line and im puzzled by it. the govern...

Highlighted in none of the seven countries it issued did the government present any evidence of any terrorist strike from those countries to the united states. under the courts review, under the constitution, the government needed to provide that evidence and totally failed to, thats another very important fact here. >> tucker: okay, so your position because you signed on on this in the amicus brief is that there is no threat from refugees or immigrants from somalia even though there have been a...

To make good to fix the human rights problems that the previous president left him, that he left the door open for the next president because he didnt ameliorate the human rights violations that president bush left him, it was a partisan statement. >> obama never prosecuted anybody for torture, he never closed down guantanamo, these were major failings on his part. he was not nearly transparent in the use of drones as we wanted him, we were highly critical in many respects. you can go back and r...

It goes so far beyond the courts narrow application of the question presented that it simply and applicable, when we focus on the case and the contesting of the case which mark spoon im not a lawyer, im just asking a question, due process under the constitution only applies to visas and immigration when those rights are curtailed by an executive order by the president. >> thats what the executive court of appeal said. spent x plane to be in simple terms whats legally wrong with the presidents ex...

World away from the executive order relating to immigration. its related to immigration and the judges ruling on due process made it clear that with respect to any person in the united states, citizens, residents, or folks who have been issued visas, whether they be in the state or not in the state, they are required under the law to be protected by due process, notice and opportunity to be heard. >> tucker: so theres nothing theoretical i beg your pardon, about the example i just gave, if they ...

He does, its his judgment to make. thats the plain reading of the law, the plain understanding of the constitution, i think the policy was unwise. but thats irrelevant. i think its very clearly legal, this is the most left-wing, most overturned court in the country. i think for the administration and considering trump does not like to lose, i think he may want to go to the supreme court which may not be the most tactically wise way to go, but you know he tweeted out see you in court? im told tha...

Authority to challenge this because the president has unreviewable authority to suspend the admission of any class of aliens. the court ruled when it comes to immigration at a national security, neither the supreme court nor our court that courts lacked the authority to review consecutive action in those arenas for compliance with the constitution. president trump tweeted seat you in court. the security of our nation is at stake. heres what the president said, listen close. >> president trump: i...