Government policy must respect rights

In his column "Judge Robart's questionable national security expertise," Byron York criticized the observation by Judge Robart in the appellate proceedings that there had not been any terrorist attacks commits by refugees or immigrants from the seven countries banned in President Trump's executive order.

Mr. York then attempts to refute the judge's observation. Unfortunately for Mr. York, the government's own lawyers did not enter any such claim in the appellate proceedings.

In fact they provided no evidence of harm and only claimed an executive order should be non-reviewable.

Judge Robart was correct in his observations especially with regard to the evidence provided by the justice department.

As a conservative columnist, Mr. York ought to value process just as much as he does the outcome. If the government believes such a ban would make us safer, it needs to prove its case and manage to implement a policy that does not violate the rights of citizens, immigrants, and refugees.

Matangi Bala

Schaumburg