Monday, June 12, 2017

Trump’s travel ban suffers another court defeat

A California-based federal appeals court has dealt President Donald Trump another setback, refusing to revive his travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority nations in a dispute headed to the US Supreme Court.

Key points:

  • Latest decision largely leaves in place earlier Hawaii ruling
  • Trump administration filed an emergency request to Supreme Court on June 1
  • Argument continues over whether order violates Constitution

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco largely left in place a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that blocked the President’s March 6 travel ban order, which Mr Trump said was urgently needed to prevent terrorism in the United States.

A second court, the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, on May 25 upheld a Maryland judge’s ruling that also blocked parts of the order.

Even before Monday’s ruling, the case was on the fast-track to the Supreme Court, where the Trump administration on June 1 filed an emergency request seeking to reinstate the executive order.

Source: Donald Trump’s revised travel ban blocked by another US appeals court – Donald Trump’s America – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


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