Travel Ban Reaches All The Way to Iceland

Icelandic/Syrian citizen Meisam Rafiei who was not allowed to travel to the United States for a taekwondo tournament in Las Vegas.  This Icelandic athlete has traveled to world championships many times in the last few years.  Even with a valid Icelandic passport he was refused entry to the country because he was born in Syria.

One can see how arbitrary the executive order might be viewed.  There are many folks from all over the world who would have otherwise been admitted to travel to this country but for the travel ban.  College professors, college students, family members visiting other family members and folks with business interests have good reasons to travel to the United States.  Unless they can be objectively viewed as threat to the United States security, they should be allowed to travel to the United States.

Meisam Rafiei is obviously a very suspicious name or is it a new Icelandic name. 

What happens if federal judges think they are under attack by the executive branch.  I cannot believe a judge would think another judge's order to be outrageous in public.  They might disagree on legal points but I doubt they would attack each other personally.  Judges need to be impartial and that is another important issue about their decisions.  They should be viewed as impartial.

If judges can't second guess a suspect policy, who can?  This comes from a President who even has had issues with birth certificates issued in Hawaii.