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Allow the president of the united states to discriminate against a group of people based simply on their religion. and it reminds us unfortunately, chris, of a time 75 years ago when the government at that time came before this very same court and said that it had the authority to discripnate against a group of people based on their ethnicity. that led to the internment of japanese americans. in the courtroom today, chris, it was so heartening. not only were there concerned americans and the american muslim community but i was inspired to see the widow of the late justice thurgood marshall and karen koramatsu, the daughter of fred who challenged the internment of japanese americans before the supreme court. their presence is sending an important message to the court to be on the right side of history. joshua, there s a question here, a statutory question which is complicated. there s a bunch of statutes that see in tension with each other. ....
Kara arguing against the travel ban and was at the supreme court for oral arguments today. hana, that travel ban case, the most anticipated case of the entire year on the supreme court docket, what did you think of what you saw today? wow, well, chris, today was a historic day. and i think what s at the core of the issue that s before the court is whether the court will allow the president of the united states to discriminate against a group of people based simply on their religion. and it reminds us unfortunately, chris, of a time 75 years ago when the government at that time came before this very same court and said that it had the authority to discripnate against a group of people based on their ethnicity. that led to the internment of japanese americans. in the courtroom today, chris, it was so heartening. not only were there concerned americans and the american ....
With young muslims talking about being harassed, bullied, attacks on the mosque, death threats. you know you live in a country now where you re a parent of muslims, you fear your kids going out because they might be attacked at a mosque. this is a place of worship. there should be a zero tolerance policy about any of this. so it s great to see jewish mousse limb christian leaders united. so message from the president dwret. we don t know what this is. we don t know if it s a hate crime. we doemt know what it is yet. the dporch or has called it an act of terrorism. does it surprise you and does it matter that the president hasn t chiemd in? it p doesn t surprise me. even if it turns out to be a true act of terrorism, i don t expect donald trump to stand up for the american muslim community. this is a man who campaigned in ways we never saw, demonizing our community, saying islam hates us, saying thousands of americans cheered on 9/11. calling for a complete shut down on muslims. ....
Our community has been really concerned about what we will see during this ramadan and will it result in more hate crimes in america. nobody should fear because of their religion, they re being attacked or their family attacked or their place of worship burned down. let me show you what the president shared about it. some have avoided. he writes this year, the holiday begins as the world mourns the victims of a barbaric attack in manchester. does it bother you that he mentions the terror axis or does that point kind of help separate the two? this was supposed to be a message to the american muslim community ramadan. it s a month of social activity with your family. it s the idea of spiritual ....
I disagree this is something new. this what is president george w. bush said, what president obama said, and in inn fairness to the american muslim community, the american muslim community has repeatedly condemned acts of terror whether al qaeda, isis or elsewhere. we have to be honest with where the problem is. the problem is a small, small subset of young muslims throughout the world and that s a huge problem we have to confront it. we have to confront it with intelligence, with police, with military and hand in hand with the communities. i m more optimistic than i was that the president s statement in saudi arabia went back to a cooperative tone rather than adversarial one and i think that s a good thing. i hope the strategy now follows that rhetoric. this attack specifically, the fact that it was a concert that was basically for tweens and teens, to choose a soft target that s kids? there is no doubt that isis is a horrendous, heartless ....