U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 2, 2017
The distinction between belief and action
It is entirely legal to believe that various races should be segregated from each other. But someone who holds such a belief cannot open a restaurant or other business and practice segregation in dealing with his customers.
Thomas M. Hall
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Thomas is a certified specialist in family law practicing in West Los Angeles.
Courts have to decide how to reconcile laws that appear to be in conflict with each other. In the recent arguments about an executive order restricting immigration, courts were confronted with conflicts between laws that grant travel rights to legal permanent residents and laws that give the president significant discretion to handle immigration in the name of national security.
In resolving such issues, courts always try to reconcile laws, if possible, to avoid direct conflicts. So...
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