Thomas Lee was quoted in USA Today about President Trump’s travel ban.
Thomas Lee, an international law professor at Fordham University School of Law, says the second executive order stands a better chance of being upheld but remains burdened by the earlier anti-Muslim rhetoric.
“They can’t completely disavow the past statements,” Lee says. “You can’t put that genie back in the bottle.”
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But the justices often defer to the president and executive branch on issues involving national security.
“If I were a betting man,” Lee says, “I would bet that the government wins.”
