Even the leftist, open-borders, pro-amnesty Los Angeles Times (whose editors presumably believe Southern California would be better governed from Mexico City, and I, for one, say: please give them their wish) admits ( http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-travel-ban-legal-analysis-20170206-story.html ) that "'The exclusion of aliens is a fundamental act of sovereignty . . . inherent in the executive power,' the Supreme Court said in 1950. And lest there be doubt, Congress adopted a provision in 1952 saying the president 'may by proclamation and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens and any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants' whenever he thinks it 'would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.'"

Yet Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell and Attorney General Bob Ferguson (top and above), also representing Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson (below, the last apparently goaded by comedian Al Franken) asked a federal court in Washington state to block enforcement of a perfectly legal and modest executive order by Donald Trump , ordering a 90-day halt to immigration from seven nations IDENTIFIED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION (which favored open borders and unlimited immigration by non-assimilating Muslims including jihadi terrorists) as harboring and encouraging terrorists, till this administration can improve procedures for screening these characters.