Seventeen years ago, the worst attack on American soil occurred with terrorists hijacking four planes resulting in the loss of almost 3,000 lives and additionally more than 6,000 injured in New York City at the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA. Everyone who was living at the time and old enough to remember, recalls what they were doing at those moments. And we must never forget the loss of lives and the way our society has changed forever as a direct result of the terrorist assault on American soil. Many others died later from illnesses due to the exposure to the dust in the attacks. Those who lost their lives were Americans and others from 90 countries. At the time of the attacks, I lived on Capitol Hill and worked nearby in downtown Washington, D.C. I was rushing late for a deposition to be held at my office. When I arrived to the office, in hurry mode, I ordered the court reporter to go to the conference room and told my client I would be with her … [Read more...] about Why I Will Never Forget 9/11
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Appeals Court Trumps Mr. Trump on his Travel Ban
On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Mr. Trump and the Government’s request to lift the travel ban stay, pending an appeal. In upholding the lower court’s decision, which ended the ban, the federal appeals court gave an elementary school civics lesson to the President and the Department of Justice lawyers arguing the case. The Department of Justice lawyers argued that the judiciary branch of the government had no authority to end the executive order. It argued as if the President has full authority over the courts, our judicial branch of government. The appellate court made it clear that there was no precedent for that part of the Government’s argument--ever, even if based on national security. The appeals court gave Mr. Trump a nice civics lesson. There are three branches of government under the U. S. Constitution—executive, judiciary and legislative. No one branch of government is superior to the other. For Mr. Trump to misunderstand the checks … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Trumps Mr. Trump on his Travel Ban