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President Donald Trump couldn’t appease the appeals court that first rebuked him over his travel ban, as a panel of judges dealt him yet another legal setback Monday despite administration efforts to help the ban survive judicial scrutiny.
More than three months since the president went back to the drawing board on his original executive order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has again refused to reinstate the revised version, which would impose a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries and a suspension of the refugee resettlement program.
The ruling is a victory for the state of Hawaii, which led the charge against the travel restrictions on the West Coast. A separate case out of Maryland, in which the Trump administration suffered a bruising defeat last month, is also making its way to the Supreme Court.
The pair of court challenges are now teed up for a showdown before the nation’s highest court, which will have to determine whether Trump and his surrogates’ history of anti-Muslim sentiment — both before and after the chief executive took office — should be considered when weighing whether the travel ban is unconstitutional.
In court challenges across the country, the Department of Justice has maintained that the executive order is “facially legitimate” and was issued in good faith. It has also denied that it was meant to target members of a religious group. Instead, the administration has argued the travel ban is a lawful exercise of the president’s authority, given to him by Congress, to exclude noncitizens from the country.
Donald Trump Maintains Losing Streak In Court Over His Travel Ban | HuffPost
More than three months since the president went back to the drawing board on his original executive order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has again refused to reinstate the revised version, which would impose a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries and a suspension of the refugee resettlement program.
The ruling is a victory for the state of Hawaii, which led the charge against the travel restrictions on the West Coast. A separate case out of Maryland, in which the Trump administration suffered a bruising defeat last month, is also making its way to the Supreme Court.
The pair of court challenges are now teed up for a showdown before the nation’s highest court, which will have to determine whether Trump and his surrogates’ history of anti-Muslim sentiment — both before and after the chief executive took office — should be considered when weighing whether the travel ban is unconstitutional.
In court challenges across the country, the Department of Justice has maintained that the executive order is “facially legitimate” and was issued in good faith. It has also denied that it was meant to target members of a religious group. Instead, the administration has argued the travel ban is a lawful exercise of the president’s authority, given to him by Congress, to exclude noncitizens from the country.
Donald Trump Maintains Losing Streak In Court Over His Travel Ban | HuffPost
