out. in fact, several notable names signed an order in the ninth circuit saying this executive order was both harmful and unnecessary. the people that signed that included secretaries or former secretaries of state john kerry as well as madeleine albright as well as a list of others who worked in president obama s administration. a lot of people speaking out about it. but the administration steadfast. poppy? jessica, thank you very much. let s discuss a little more. joining us, gloria browne-marshall, constitutional law professor at john j. college of criminal justice. errol louis political anchor of spectrum news and susan paige from usa today. excuse me of losing my voice after the patriots win. if something happens, blame him in the court system, people pouring in bad. this harkens back to what people think were the low points of the
immigration. rudy giuliani blurted out on television the other day he was told to, quote, find a legal way to implement a muslim ban. having tipped their hand they had an unconstitutional motive and end goal i wonder, can the courts consider that in their decision? the boston judge said exactly that, you re expecting me, gloria, to consider something that is not part of this case. the boston judge that s the judge who upheld this prohibition of the muslims coming in or people coming in from these seven muslim countries, majority muslim countries, said, yes, immigration is a rt great part of our nation s history, however, we have to look at what the harm could be from the immigrants entering. the president has the power to protect american sints even though on its face it looks like this is a ban against muslims. i want to say something quickly to errol s point, that is, you can t have something new trulaln
the president has the lowest approval rating of any new president since we started taking polls regularly with harry truman. presidents don t live and die by the polls. polls go up and polls go down. this is a warning sign for the new president that he has not succeeded, if he wanted to, in reach og ut to people who did not vote for him and winning their support on these controversial issues. he continues to hold the support, by and large u of the people who did vote for him, he was elected not by a majority of the popular vote. this is a political challenge for him. i think we ve seen him be pretty defined about what other presidents have tried to do, try to get more popular at the beginning when people might be inclined to cut you a break. errol, what did you make of the fact that the super bowl ads we know john was watching the game, i was watching the ads. everyone from 84 lumber to coca-cola, airbnb to the nfl inside these lines with the outline of america, took very