United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday refused to reinstate Trump’s ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations. The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Washington state proved it had the legal right to bring the lawsuit over President Donald Trump's travel ban by alleging its universities would suffer harm. That was one of the questions that the judges considered, rare.us reports.
A federal appeals court says the U.S. government hasn’t shown a likelihood it will succeed in appealing to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban. It also hasn’t shown that failure to reinstate the ban would cause irreparable injury.
The decision came six days after U.S. District Court Judge James Robart in Seattle froze the travel ban nationwide after challenges from Washington state and Minnesota. Robart said both states had standing to challenge Trump’s order and were likely to succeed.
“The state has met its burden in demonstrating immediate and irreparable injury,” Robart said in his ruling. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal on Saturday.
In a hearing Tuesday, judges on the appeals court challenged the administration’s claim that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears, but also questioned an attorney’s argument that it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims.
Trump slammed critics of the immigration order and the courts Wednesday while meeting with police chiefs from across the country.
“I don’t ever want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it biased, and we haven’t had a decision yet, but courts seem to be so political,” Trump said. “It would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what’s right. And that has to do with the security of our country, which is so important.”
The executive order, signed by Trump on Jan. 27, temporarily barred citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from travelling to the United States and suspended the U.S. refugee program. It sparked protests nationwide and led to widespread confusion at airports, but the White House has argued that the order is necessary to ensure the safety of the United States. With AP & rare.us.
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