2nd court setback for Trump’s travel ban
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DONALD Trump yesterday criticized a United States federal appeals court one day after it handed the US president another legal setback by refusing to revive his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority nations.
On Monday, the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals became the second federal appeals court to reject the Republican Trump administration’s bid to undo a Hawaii federal judge’s decision that blocked the temporary travel ban in a dispute headed to the US Supreme Court.
The three-judge panel said Trump’s March 6 order violated existing immigration law, but did not address whether it was unconstitutional discrimination against Muslims.
Trump’s 90-day ban targets travelers from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. “Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again — Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a dangerous time in the history of our country. S.C.” Trump said in a post on Twitter, apparently referencing the Supreme Court.
The nation’s top court, which leans conservative after Trump’s appointee won confirmation as the ninth justice earlier this year, could act as soon as this week on his administration’s request to reinstate the order.
The 9th Circuit largely left in place a nationwide injunction by Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii that stopped parts of the order, which Trump contends is needed to prevent terrorism in the US.
Those who have challenged the travel ban dispute that it is needed to protect Americans and argue that the order violates the US constitution’s bar against favoring or disfavoring a particular religion.
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