Jeff Sessions Dismisses Hawaii as ‘an Island in the Pacific’

[CaliCat 3,957]

Unbelievable; yet, true.

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/politics/jeff-sessions-judge-hawaii-pacific-island.html

 

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke dismissively about the State of Hawaii while criticizing a Federal District Court ruling last month that blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world.

“I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power,” Mr. Sessions said this week in an interview on “The Mark Levin Show,” a conservative talk radio program.

Mr. Sessions’s description of Hawaii, where the federal judge who issued the order, Derrick K. Watson, has his chambers, drew a rebuke from both of the United States senators who represent the state. Annexed as a territory of the United States in the late 19th century, Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959.

“Hawaii was built on the strength of diversity & immigrant experiences — including my own,” Senator Mazie Hirono, Democrat of Hawaii, wrote on Twitter. “Jeff Sessions’ comments are ignorant & dangerous.”

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Silly man. Thinking Hawaii is an Island in the pacfic.

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36 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Silly man. Thinking Hawaii is an Island in the pacfic.

Hawaii is composed of hundreds of islands

 

It's also a US State, which Sessions seems to have forgotten to mention, but is actually quite relevant when you are talking about a Judge on the "island".

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, bcking said:

Hawaii is composed of hundreds of islands

 

It's also a US State, which Sessions seems to have forgotten to mention, but is actually quite relevant when you are talking about a Judge on the "island".

And oddly enough it is an Island in the Pacific 

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2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

And oddly enough it is an Island in the Pacific 

That is true, though presumably the Judge isn't actually on Hawaii the island. He is most likely in Honolulu.

 

Sessions didn't actually use the word Hawaii though. He just said an "island".

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[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 minutes ago, bcking said:

That is true, though presumably the Judge isn't actually on Hawaii the island. He is most likely in Honolulu.

 

Sessions didn't actually use the word Hawaii though. He just said an "island".

so basically a Judge on an Island in the Pacific issued the ruling. 

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essentially, sessions is amazed there's no way to abruptly and painlessly get around the checks and balances that ensure our executive branch doesn't go absolutely crazy with power. 

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Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

so basically a Judge on an Island in the Pacific issued the ruling. 

A Federal Judge in a State issued the ruling. The fact that he happened to be on an "Island in the Pacific" is completely irrelevant. 

 

He wasn't even the only one. Washington State did as well, and didn't one other? Maryland maybe? I forget.

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5 minutes ago, bcking said:

A Federal Judge in a State issued the ruling. The fact that he happened to be on an "Island in the Pacific" is completely irrelevant. 

 

He wasn't even the only one. Washington State did as well, and didn't one other? Maryland maybe? I forget.

If its irrelevant then why are you guys in a froth about it ?

[yuna628 9,873]

Good ol' Jeffy, getting his geographics and history all messed up. It's just so complicated with the misremembering of easy stuff that is so hard, I mean he voted for the judge that makes rulings from that US State.. that also happens to be comprised of several different land masses surrounded by water, where several thousand Americans died defending their state and country. Oh well. Surely he wouldn't want anyone to make disparaging oopsie misremembering comments about his Alabama would he?

 

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15 minutes ago, bcking said:

That is true, though presumably the Judge isn't actually on Hawaii the island. He is most likely in Honolulu.

 

Sessions didn't actually use the word Hawaii though. He just said an "island".

lol. 

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17 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

If its irrelevant then why are you guys in a froth about it ?

In what way are we in a "froth"? Talk about overly dramatic.

 

We are just pointing out that when you are talking about a Federal Judge using their constitutionally appointed power to put a check on the other branches of government, it is more relevant to mention that they are a judge from a State. The fact that the judge is on an island is meaningless. If he was from Alaska would Sessions have said "A judge from a cold, snowy, isolated area"?

 

What do you think was Session's point for stating he is on an island in the Pacific, as opposed to just saying a District Judge or a Federal Judge in a single state, or even a Federal Judge in Hawaii?

 

If I had to guess I would say he was trying to emphasize the fact that the Judge is very far away, and therefore question whether his opinion is relevant. His opinion is just as relevant as any other District Judge. 

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9 minutes ago, bcking said:

In what way are we in a "froth"? Talk about overly dramatic.

 

We are just pointing out that when you are talking about a Federal Judge using their constitutionally appointed power to put a check on the other branches of government, it is more relevant to mention that they are a judge from a State. The fact that the judge is on an island is meaningless. If he was from Alaska would Sessions have said "A judge from a cold, snowy, isolated area"?

 

What do you think was Session's point for stating he is on an island in the Pacific, as opposed to just saying a District Judge or a Federal Judge in a single state, or even a Federal Judge in Hawaii?

 

If I had to guess I would say he was trying to emphasize the fact that the Judge is very far away, and therefore question whether his opinion is relevant. His opinion is just as relevant as any other District Judge. 

Projection of the day award goes to.. 

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1 minute ago, IAMX said:

Projection of the day award goes to.. 

NB gets an award?!? That's awesome. Congrats to him.

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29 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Good ol' Jeffy, getting his geographics and history all messed up. It's just so complicated with the misremembering of easy stuff that is so hard, I mean he voted for the judge that makes rulings from that US State.. that also happens to be comprised of several different land masses surrounded by water, where several thousand Americans died defending their state and country. Oh well. Surely he wouldn't want anyone to make disparaging oopsie misremembering comments about his Alabama would he?

 

so the judge did not make a ruling from an Island in the Pacific ?