IBTimes – A coalition of Senate and House Democrats are rallying behind the idea of a federal investigation into whether President Donald Trump purposefully exceeded his constitutional powers when restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority nations. Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the U.S. Justice Department to probe Trump’s immigration policies to review their “form and legality,” after the federal agency declined to comment on whether it would perform its duty of analyzing presidential executive orders.
“We need an independent Department of Justice to serve as a bulwark against rash and illegal executive actions and flagrant disrespect of our judicial system,” the senators wrote in a statement emailed to International Business Times Wednesday. “It is our hope, and expectation, that the Department will continue to serve this role.”
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