Blog 1

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-02-08/is-trump-getting-too-personal-with-the-judicial-branch


This article by Susan Milligan is about the recent tension between President Trump and the judicial branch. The tension has come about because of conflicting feelings over Trump's latest executive order. Trump's order was signed on January 27 and has halted refugee immigration from quite a few countries. President Trump has halted immigration because he sees refugees from theses nations as terrorist threats. Members of the judicial branch have stood up and are fighting Trump's order. In return, Trump has retaliated over social media, expressing that it is not their place to do so.

The way that this article relates to the content in the class is that it discusses the judiciary branch and foreign policy. The article and the textbook both address that judges serve for life. They also both address the boundaries and responsibilities of the judicial branch.  The conflict in the article is over foreign policy and the textbook discusses how decisions on foreign policy should be made.

I feel that it is okay for their to be tension between Trump and the judicial branch. I also support Trump in the fact that he called out judge James Robart and expressed his displeasure. However, I do not agree with the way Trump went about calling out Robart, it was childish and Trump should have strictly addressed the matter at hand. I also felt it was a bit hypocritical of Trump to call out the judiciary branch for being bias and for not doing what is "right."