{"id":39493,"date":"2017-01-30T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=39493"},"modified":"2017-01-30T16:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T23:31:03","slug":"malevolence-tempered-incompetence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/01\/malevolence-tempered-incompetence.html","title":{"rendered":"“Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Statue of Liberty \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of the best things I\u2019ve read on Mr. Trump\u2019s anti-immigration decree, and it was written by someone who cannot honestly\u00a0be accused of being indifferent to the struggle against Islamist terrorism:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMalevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump\u2019s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s rather long, but it\u2019s superb.<\/p>\n

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And, if you want to supplement that piece by Benjamin Wittes with other analyses, I suggest the following, from the \u201cVolokh Conspiracy\u201d blog, which is mostly written by law professors and which mostly \u2014 this is important \u2014 reflects an orientation\u00a0to the political right (libertarian, conservative, or occasionally centrist):<\/p>\n

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\u201cWas Trump\u2019s executive order an impeachable offense?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cFour federal judges issue orders blocking parts of Trump\u2019s executive order on immigration\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMaking America cruel again \u2013 Trump\u2019s executive order on refugees\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cPresident Trump may hire \u2018only the best people\u2019 but he did not rely upon them to draft and implement his latest executive order\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Refugee Order and the Department of Justice Lawyers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And then there\u2019s this, from a more liberal writer:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump\u2019s refugee ban could get much, much worse. That\u2019s why it must be stopped \u2014 now.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you want to put a personal or human face on this issue, here are a couple of stories:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThanks to Donald Trump, a 12-Year-Old Girl with American Parents is Stuck in Djibouti\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cDonald Trump immigration ban: Melbourne High student in US visa knock back\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 One of the best things I\u2019ve read on Mr. Trump\u2019s anti-immigration decree, and it was written by someone who cannot honestly\u00a0be accused of being indifferent to the struggle against Islamist terrorism: \u00a0 \u201cMalevolence Tempered by Incompetence: Trump\u2019s Horrifying Executive Order on Refugees and Visas\u201d \u00a0 It\u2019s rather long, but it\u2019s superb. \u00a0 And, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    One of the best things I've read on Mr. Trump's anti-immigration decree, and it was written by someone who cannot honestly\u00a0be accused of\" \/>\n<meta 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