Courts

Some new scientific polling results have been published as it relates to Donald Trump and the Courts. The poll was conducted by Reuters/IPSOS. There were some very interesting results.

82% of American adults say the president should obey court orders.

68% of Republicans say the president should obey court orders.

97% of Democrats say the president should obey court orders.

Here are the specific poll results as it relates to immigration.

40% of American adults say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

76% of Republicans say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

8% of Democrats say the president should continue to deport people even after a court order to stop.

When I look at these results, what immediately comes to mind is the effect on the rule of law. You cannot pick and choose which court rulings to obey. True justice in a democracy should and must be blind, not arbitrary. There is a better and more equitable way to address perceived bias in law. Change the law through the democratic legislative process.

Take immigration, for example. If Congress and the Presidency, both Republicans and Democrats, did their job in the first place a long time ago, the current immigration issues would not even exist. I agree that borders must be secure and that you cannot have large numbers of undocumented immigrants blowing in the wind. This is common sense (if there is such a thing), no matter what country you are talking about. But it’s not the courts that created the chaos. That culpability lies with the Democrats and the Republicans.

If you allow the erosion of the rule of law by selectively choosing which court rulings you like and which ones you don’t, it will come back to bite you and everyone (excluding the few in the most upper echelon) will lose freedoms.