Reihan Salam: ‘Wisest Course’ for Trump on Travel Ban Would Be To Start ‘Anew’

‘ — and also having a larger messaging around it that shows that this is cabined and limited and specific would be very helpful’

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SALAM: "Well, the difficult thing is that a lot of — the real challenge is relating to green card holders. The executive order that’s being disputed — you know, fought over right now didn’t actually make it clear that green card holders are not part of this. And if you have another executive action that explicitly takes them out of it, then you could have a smoother ride in the courts. As to what’s the wisest course of action? I do think that starting anew would be the best way to go. Because even if you go to the Supreme Court, as long as you have eight Supreme Court justices, you have a four-four tie, let’s say, it just gets kicked back to the circuit court. So I actually do think that they’re on pretty strong ground. The problem is, do you just evaluate this executive order within the four corners of the executive order itself, or do you take into account statements made by various political advisors, people like Rudy Giuliani and what have you, to say that the intent of this was something entirely different? And, you know, that — that’s really up to the courts. So my sense is that starting afresh and also having a larger messaging around it that shows that this is cabined and limited and specific would be very helpful."

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