Monday, February 6, 2017

#13) Better Luck Next Time


February 6, 2017

Dear Mr. President,

I was so happy and grateful to see that the checks and balances that our forward-thinking fore-fathers created finally kicked in.  Yeah!  You may want to run this country as an authoritarian autocratic regimebut you can't.  And Hallelujah for that!

When Federal Judge Robart (appointed by a Republican no less) did his job and blocked your immigration ban he wasn't "taking law enforcement away from our country" as you so elegantly tweeted. He was doing exactly what he was appointed to do, namely, checking the power of a renegade president trying to govern by executive order rather than in partnership with the Congress. He was also upholding the rule of law.  It took two weeks for you to bump into this fabulous system of checks and balances, but I knew you would eventually.

Better Luck Next Time,
Amy Beaton

P.S.  I find it ironic that waiting 120 days to vet already pre-approved travelers seems reasonable to you but waiting only 7 days for a background check to purchase a gun isn't.  Maybe next time we can talk about the number of mass shootings in this country and just who, exactly, is wielding the gun.

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