Trump vs the Fighting Women

The president of the United States despises almost everyone, but his shots have focused in particular on women and their rights.

Trump is full of hate, and scorns almost everyone that lives on the planet; however, his shots have been particularly focused on women and their rights. For this reason, it’s no coincidence that the day after his inauguration, many thousands of women took to the streets in the United States and other countries around the world. There were a reported 408 marches in the U.S., and an additional 168 in 81 other countries. The largest turnout was in Washington, D.C., where it is estimated that more than half a million people were gathered.

Since Trump’s campaign, there have been many offenses directed toward women. After the first debate during the Republican primary contest, Trump offended the moderator Megyn Kelly by using his favorite means — Twitter. Regarding the offenses directed at Hillary Clinton, what was most irritating was that he called her a “nasty woman.” Another reason for disapproval were his statements captured on a recording, during which he said that he would use his power to abuse women. His verbal diarrhea has even affected his daughter, Ivanka.

There is so much that we could say in relation to Melania. It is enough to remember that during the marches, signs reading “Free Melania” and “Wake up Melania” were seen as an attentive call to the first lady.

When he started to dictate his first executive orders, acting like the king of the world, Trump affected the rights of women and migrant women, primarily those who took their laptops to the floor of the airport in New York and began to draft the habeas corpus petitions needed to defend those who were trying to enter the United States and those who saw their rights limited by that recent presidential order.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has argued in defense of the rights of women, migrants, LGBT people, and the environment as a speaker in debates where Trump’s proposals have been discussed.

U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly, appointed by President Obama, was the first judge to rule on a habeas corpus petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Its resolution basically guaranteed temporary residence status to immigrants from the seven Muslim majority countries which, under the executive order, had restricted access to the United States, and prevented the deportation of those affected.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, appointed by President Clinton, issued a second ruling that blocked the deportation of people who had a green card and who had been detained at Dulles International Airport. In her ruling, she also ordered that the immigrants have access to legal aid.

Former acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates sent a letter to assistant U.S. attorneys in the Department of Justice with instructions not to defend in court the order prohibiting the entry of people from the seven countries named in the executive order. She argued that as attorney general, she had an obligation to defend the Constitution, and that the order in question rendered the recognized rights of the state vulnerable. This point of view led to her immediate removal.

Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Bob Bland and Carmen Pérez are the four organizers of the protests which sought to transform the marches into a movement to voice the need for pressure on Congress and the government. Although at the moment Congress and the government are turning a blind eye, sooner or later, they will have to enter the ring of institutions.

From his position of power, Trump’s contempt for women could paradoxically be one of his biggest weaknesses. He has been met with brave, determined and very committed women who will be there reminding him, in every way, that dignity is not an object within the reach of tyrants.

The author is the director of human rights of the National Supreme Court of Justice, Mexico