Trump: TG People Need Protection, But Will Leave It to States

[Carolyn Marie]

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/trump_says_government_must_protect_all_people_adds_he_will_rescind_obama_transgender_protections

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Mia J]

So we should be protected by taking away our protections.........

Mia

[Carolyn Marie]

The Donald does not seem to have any real principles, and so he changes his position to gain whatever temporary advantage he can. Since he almost never answers a question with a direct and honest answer, he can (and does) claim to have never said it, or that he was misunderstood. Sadly, the media adores him, and rarely holds his feet to the fire. So with this issue, one never knows what, if anything, he really believes.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Kaylee]

Trump is a lair, plain and simple. I just don't understand how people were pulled in so easily, when he says almost nothing.

[tracy_j]

Without getting too deeply in on this, as I am not there, I would say that the fact that someone here could refer things beyond local government does give a measure of protection. Things can be taken nationally and tend to be fairly treated by our justice system. Even the government can be judged against. We also have strong influences from outside the country but that does have bad as well as good points.

Tracy

[Jennifer T]

I'd love to know how TG rights are not a civil rights issue. That statement in the article makes absolutely no sense to me.

[MarcieMarie12]

Consider that the choice was between him or Ted Cruz, I think it should tell something about the state of the republican Party.

[Charlize]

The worse thing is that he seems to be gaining in the polls. Yikes!

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest AllisonRae]

Once again I am not sure how to feel about this. He appears to be taking an Constitutional approach to the subject per the 10th Amendment. Being a Libertarian I understand the reasoning here. Though when a states law contridicts the preabmle rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness it is yet another story. My viewpoint is that there restroom laws infringe on those rights. I could be wrong about all of this too since I am not an attorney or expert on Constitutional law. Very mixed feelings on this. As for the Donald, I honestly do not trust him.

Hugs

Allie

[Ravin]

Once again I am not sure how to feel about this. He appears to be taking an Constitutional approach to the subject per the 10th Amendment. Being a Libertarian I understand the reasoning here. Though when a states law contridicts the preabmle rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness it is yet another story. My viewpoint is that there restroom laws infringe on those rights. I could be wrong about all of this too since I am not an attorney or expert on Constitutional law. Very mixed feelings on this. As for the Donald, I honestly do not trust him.

Hugs

Allie

Nearly all the civil rights in the Bill of Rights have been incorporated against the states through the 14th amendment. The constitutionality of Federal civil rights protections in public accommodations, education, and employment was settled in the 1960's and 1970's. States' rights do NOT have precedence over individual civil liberties.

Nothing that comes out of that shyster's mouth can be trusted, believed, or made sense of by rational people.

I DO think that a Federal Supreme Court challenge will have to come over these laws. I also think that we will win.

[Charlize]

Oddly it could be the commerce clause that helps us here. If i'm driving from state to state my rights are protected during that journey. That clause was used by the Johnson administration to make the civil rights legislation stick nationwide.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Timber Wolf]

Donald Trump is now a true politician. He say's something and nothing at all! Will I vote for him?

No!

Lots of love,

Timber Wolf?

[VickySGV]

The Interstate Commerce Clause is one I keep waiting for to be a highlighted issue. That was very current news and a big thing in my Law School Con. Law class and I remember it was a heavy weight question on our final exam for the class. (You can figure out how long ago I was in Law School by that statement.) It could be what keeps me out of jail if I go to N.C. any time soon since I am a Calif. resident who was born here. BTW, my "original" birth certificate is no longer a public record!!

[Ravin]

The Commerce Clause is the major underlying Constitutional power for Federal civil rights legislation that pertains to public accomodations. It's also pretty well settled what the scope of it is. It's just as applicable to GLBT rights as it was to ending racial segregation. However, the critical analysis twist that has come into play now is pitting our rights against religious freedom. Though I personally think other peoples' religious freedom should not let them control the actions of others, the analysis with respect to private businesses has yet to be fully worked out--Hobby Lobby reasoning (the case over whether employers have to pay for insurance that covers birth control) plays into it.

I don't think for-profit businesses should have religious rights of any sort--that idea should be thrown on the scrap heap, along with Citizens United. The last thing corporations need is more rights. Just as the government shouldn't be allowed to stomp on the rights of individual citizens, neither should corporations be able to.

[Cyndee]

I dunno, he'll say just about anything to get elected, so do the other people.

What concerns me, more than states rights and all that, is the fact that Trump favors bullying, he is a bully, and encourages this behavior in others. He is actually proud of being a bully, after all look at him, now that's how you get ahead in America, step on anybody that gets in your way, push them out of the way and so what if someone gets hurt, or gets their poor pitiful political correctness stepped on, it's my way or the highway, with Trump PC is out, gender identity politics is way too PC for him, Trump style bullying is in (sorry).

Yes, BTW your biological sex at birth means everything, gender identity really just means nothing(too wishy washy), after all, your biology is your destiny (just like animals). Since we are humans and so smart we will create gender so we can program you with a prescribed lifestyle, equipped with clothes, language, and culture, it's all you'll ever need for every stage of life, it's all predetermined, remember sex is everything and it's even backed up by religion too, what could possibly go wrong ?

[Cyndee]

. BTW, my "original" birth certificate is no longer a public record!!

That's awesome !

[Tejana]

Once again I am not sure how to feel about this. He appears to be taking an Constitutional approach to the subject per the 10th Amendment. Being a Libertarian I understand the reasoning here. Though when a states law contridicts the preabmle rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness it is yet another story. My viewpoint is that there restroom laws infringe on those rights. I could be wrong about all of this too since I am not an attorney or expert on Constitutional law. Very mixed feelings on this. As for the Donald, I honestly do not trust him.Hugs

Allie

Well, I'm encouraged at the prospect of a "Constitutional approach." I voted for Mr. Cruz in the primary elections, on the basis of my conviction that he was more aware of this thing called the U.S. Constitution than Mr. Trump appeared to be. Yes, very encouraging. [if he'd said that prior to Super Tuesday, I would have voted for him in the primary.]