Protecting the Nation From Domestic Terrorism Within the United States

Dear Mr. President,

Since you believe that people from a half dozen Muslim-majority countries were enough of a threat to the United States that you issued a temporary ban against them, then it would only be logical for you to also issue a temporary ban against white supremacists, since they are also a threat to the United States.

Even though I’m busy getting ready for my second year of law school, I will gladly help you draft the Executive Order needed to get white supremacists out of this country (I’ll even do it for free). I have already drafted the first three sections for you, using Executive Order 13769 as a template:

Executive Order 13808 of August 12, 2017

Protecting the Nation From Domestic Terrorism Within the United States.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including relevant federal law, and to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by citizens born in the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 plays a crucial role in protecting individuals from discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Numerous U.S.-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in hate crimes since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Perhaps in no instance was that more apparent than the terrorist attacks of August 12, 2017, when white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members clashed with counterprotesters in the streets and a car plowed into crowds, leaving one person dead and 19 others injured.

In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that its citizens do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles. The United States cannot, and should not, harbor those who do not support the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over American law. In addition, the United States should not harbor those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred or those who would oppress Americans of any race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from other citizens who intend to commit terrorist attacks within the United States; and to prevent U.S. citizens from exploiting free speech for malevolent purposes.

Sec. 3. Temporary Banishment and Revocation of Citizenship Benefits to U.S. Citizens of Particular Concern. To temporarily reduce investigative burdens on relevant agencies, to ensure the proper review and maximum utilization of available resources for the screening of U.S. Citizens, and to ensure that adequate standards are established to prevent infiltration by domestic terrorists, pursuant to relevant federal law, I hereby proclaim that the presence in the United States of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby order their banishment from the United States of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order.