Civil Liberties

Discussion Post Civil Liberties: On January 27th, 2017, Donald Trump issued an executive order that imposed “a selective ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries as well as establishes preferential treatment for refugees seeking asylum who are identified with ‘minority religions’ in their country of origin” (“We’ll See You in Court: Why Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Violates the Establishment Clause,” by David Cole, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union, January 28, 2017). On Friday, February 3rd, U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle ordered a national halt to enforcement of President Trumps controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations. On February 9th, “a federal appeals court . . . unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to allow its travel ban to take effect” ( to an external site.). The intricacy of our government is being laid bare, and we citizens should be extra informed about the rights we are granted by the supreme law of our land, our Constitution. For this discussion, please go to the American Civil Liberties Union website ( (Links to an external site.)). Under “Issues,” find a topic that interests you, and write 2 paragraphs that are at least 4 substantial sentences, explaining some fact(s) that you learned that you did not know before you investigated this site. (If you want to fact, check the American Civil Liberties Union information, you can do a quick Google check at factcheck.org or maybe politifact.org. You may also want to check your text’s information against that of the ACLU.) paragraph 1: What Issue did you pick and explain why it interest you. Paragraph 2: what facts did you find and what did you learn about this issue.