reverse his national emergency declaration to fund the border wall. matt lewis is a senior columnist at the daily beast and a cnn political commentator and alex stewart is a republican strategist and also a cnn political commentator. you wrote an op ed praising the 12 republican senators. you wrote it a rare instance of congress showing it self-to be strong and willing to stand for itself against the executive branch. the vote is going to come up short, why was this so momentous to you? first of all, i don t know if democrats would have done this, if president obama did something kind of similar like this with dreamers. where he had said i can t i m not a dictator, i m not a seizer, i can t just make this sweeping immigration decision. and then you later did it. i don t remember a lot of democrats standing up to him and saying that s wrong, that that s unconstitutional that that went against separation of power.
from the bench. that s that s a lot to rely on, he s a very conservative jurist. all right, ryan, is the court becoming as polarized of a country? i think in some ways. i think if you read the immigration decision, what struck me about that decision was that the five justices and the majority basically explained away, or ignored all of donald trump s statements about anti-muslim bias and said, if you just read the order, it survives constitutional scrutiny. whereas the four liberals on the court said wait a second. this is the most important thing, the history animus towards muslims is the key driving factor. a lot of republicans waive away or explain away some of the more provocative and frankly racist
becoming as polarized of a country? i think in some ways. i think if you read the immigration decision, what struck me about that decision was that the five justices and the majority basically explained away, or ignored all of donald trump s statements about anti-muslim bias and said, if you just read the order, it survives constitutional strut scrutiny. whereas the four liberals on the court said wait a second. this is the most important thing, the history animus towards hmuslims is the key driving factor. a lot of republicans waive away or explain away some of the more provocative and frankly racist statements of the president. whereas for democrats that is
american people to hand the keys to the government, to house democrats in november so we can have checks and balances and some semblance of oversight and accountability erected at an out of control executive branch. good to see you. appreciate the time. another moment for miller, stephen miller, we were talking about him, the man who botched the travel ban decision also at the helm of this immigration decision. how senior adviser stephen miller helped craft and carry out the white house s decision to separate families. i m ray and i quit smoking with chantix. in the movies, a lot of times, i tend to play the tough guy. but i wasn t tough enough to quit on my own. not until i tried chantix. chantix, along with support, helps you quit smoking. it reduced my urge to smoke to the point that i could stop. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, dep
executive order that ends the practice of separating families, children from their parents. we want to remind you this executive order does not end the zero tolerance policy that of course led to what we have been seeing playing out in touch tragic fashion over the course of the last few days. the zero tolerance policy will remain in effect. what will change under this executive order is whether children are allowed to remain with their parents in detention centers run by the department of homeland security while their parents are awaiting an immigration decision. so this executive order essentially overrides some of the decisions that were made by courts. we have kristen welker with us now at the white house for more on this. kristen, what have you got for us at the white house? we are getting a readout of what the president said as he signed this executive order.