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| LEINENWEBER: Standing up to Trump |
So
when a federal justice in Chicago ruled this week to reject the Attorney
General’s attempts to have a lawsuit by Chicago against the federal government
dismissed, a part of me now wonders if the presidential focus will shift to the
Supreme Court.
THE
ONE THAT could wind up with a solid margin of political partisanship intended
to present his take on the law as the one that must be legitimate.
Just
as it took several months before Trump got his way on travel restrictions meant
to make it seem that people from Islamic-influenced countries were of
being permitted in the United States, maybe he expects that a court rigged in
his favor will gladly give him his take on “sanctuary cities.”
As
in claiming that Chicago and other municipalities that refuse to have their law
enforcement do the dirty work of federal immigration officials are somehow
being un-American and ought to lose federal funding they now rely upon.
The
scary part is that his line of “logic” isn’t totally absurd. A partisan court
could wind up giving legitimacy to Trump’s ideologically-inclined ramblings.
ON
THE ISSUE, U.S. District senior judge out of Chicago issued rulings saying the federal
government is overstepping its bounds in its efforts to force Chicago to do
away with the Sanctuary City concept.
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| Leinenweber a Chicago holdover from Reagan |
Leinenweber
isn’t a liberal-leaner by any means.
He’s
a judge who got his appointment to the federal courts back in the days of
President Ronald Reagan. He is the spouse of one-time Rep. Lynn Martin, who later
served as Labor secretary under President George Bush (the elder),
He’s
an establishment-oriented Republican. But in this Age of Trump, he’s the kind of
person who finds a strong sense of shame in thinking his political party could
produce someone of the ilk of the current president.
WHICH
IS WHAT makes it possible for him to follow the letter of the law, which is
along the general line of thinking that federal officials have jurisdiction
over federal issues. Local people do their own work.
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| TRUMP: Waiting for Supreme Ct to overturn? |
Crossing
over that boundary in either direction causes serious problems that undermine
the concepts upon which our society is based. Such as us not being a police
state looking to harass the people who live here for political reasons.
If
anything, the Leinenweber rulings may add a sense of legitimacy to Chicago’s
hard-headed support for the Sanctuary City concept – one which the U.S Court of
Appeals for the 7th district (based in Chicago) is expected to
consider later this year whether it should apply nationally.
Something
that Trump most definitely won’t want to happen – largely because he still has his
vision of the presidency being about him being the “Fearless Leader” (remember
Boris and Natasha’s boss and their repeated failed cartoon attempts to “kill moose and
squirrel”) who can bark out orders at will?
WHICH
IS WHY he likely is counting on that partisan-leaning Supreme Court to undo every
attempt to maintain a sense of logic and sensibility in the way our government
operates in this Age of Trump.
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| Are these Trump's kind of characters? |
Just
as I’m sure the president is peeved with that Federal Communications Commission
head who is publicly speaking out against the proposed merger of broadcast
properties across the nation with Sinclair Broadcast Group – whose own clueless
leanings are in line with the presidential vacuous ideology.
Maybe
Trump fantasizes the high court will give him sufficient authority to make “The
Apprentice,” that lame television program he once appeared on, a reality by being
able to bark out “You’re Fired!” at anyone who offends his sensibilities.
We
can only hope the electorate comes to the rescue and the vocal minority does
not once again prevail as it did in 2016. Because we need to dump Trump, then
work to undo the damage this man has caused through all his egomaniacal acts.
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