Minutes ago, Washington Attorney general bob ferguson talked to reporters about what the judges decision means for the president s travel ban. Its obviously a historic decision and an important one for the rule of law and for the people in the state of washington and the people of our country i said from the beginning it is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom, its the constitution. Thats what we heard from the judge today. I want to be very clear about what his decision does then ill turn to my sister general who will add a few comments as well. Judge roe bar robards decision halt to president trumps unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. I want to pe that. It puts a stop to it immediately nationwide, so for all those individuals that relief is there. Folks can travel to this country as they could before the executive order. That relief is immediate, it is happening right now. The attorney general was asked if the timing of the decision might cause any problems c
Decision means for the president s travel ban. Its obviously a historic decision and an important one for the rule of law and for the people in the state of washington and the people of our country i said from the beginning it is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom, its the constitution. Thats what we heard from the judge today. I want to be very clear about what his decision does then ill turn to my sister general who will add a few comments as well. Judge roe bar robards decision halt to president trumps unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. I want to repeat that. It puts a stop to it immediately nationwide, so for all those individuals that relief is there. Folks can travel to this country as they could before the executive order. That relief is immediate, it is happening right now. The attorney general was asked if the timing of the decision might cause any problems coming late in the day on a friday. The question went to, hey, because this happened at 4 00,
by Oliver Boyd-Barrett / May 16th, 2021
Trading Genocides
On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is a lot less clear, although some state governors have gone for it. As for slavery, not until July 2008 did the US House of Representatives apologize for American slavery of blacks and the subsequent discriminatory laws and practices that have continued to marginalize and oppress a population that today constitutes over 47 million or 14% of the US population. 9 States have officially apologized for their involvement in the enslavement of Africans.