The Latest: US court refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban

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Breitbart:

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump (all times local):

 

3:15 p.m.

 

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

 

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday wouldn’t block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the U.S. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is possible.

 

U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order halting the ban last week after Washington state and Minnesota sued. The Justice Department appealed to the 9th Circuit.

 

Government lawyers argued that the ban was a “lawful exercise” of the president’s authority and that the seven countries have raised terrorism concerns.

 

The states said Trump’s executive order unconstitutionally blocked entry based on religion.

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On to the Supreme Court.

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2/9/2017

Analysis of Today’s Ninth Circuit Decision on Trump’s Immigration Order

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:41 pm

 

As you have no doubt heard, the Ninth Circuit today issued an opinion upholding the District Court’s TRO halting much of Trump’s order on immigration. This post analyzes the decision, which can be read here. Throughout, I’ll grade my own previous predictions about the ruling.

 

My overall impression is that this is a sound legal ruling — and that Donald Trump is personally to blame for it. By allowing Steve Bannon & Co. to write the order in a sloppy and overbroad manner, and further allowing them to decide that it applied to green card holders, Trump issued an the order that was bound to fail.

 

Perusing Twitter tonight, I see that many people who support the policy behind the order (as I do), but who have not followed the legal arguments closely, are saying this is just another leftist Ninth Circuit decision. But the order is a unanimous “per curiam” (through the court) ruling. It was joined by a judge appointed by George W. Bush who, at oral argument, expressed skepticism towards the idea that the order was motivated by religious bias, and seemed receptive to the argument that these countries might pose a threat.

http://patterico.com/2017/02/09/analysis-of-todays-ninth-circuit-decision-on-trumps-immigration-order/

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Trump Must Break Judicial Power

Pat Buchanan | February 10, 2017

Whether the rollout of the president's temporary travel ban was ill-prepared or not, and whether one agrees or not about which nations or people should be subjected to extreme vetting, the president's authority in the matter of protecting the borders and keeping out those he sees as potentially dangerous is universally conceded.

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Federal prosecutor under Reagan calls appellate decision a ‘judicial coup d’état’

February 9, 2017

by Brendan Kirby | Updated 10 Feb 2017 at 7:26 AM

 

Legal scholars and some Republican members of Congress on Thursday blasted an appeals court ruling keeping President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on ice while the states of Washington and Minnesota challenge its legality.

 

The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco delivered a unanimous rebuke of Trump’s position.

 

“The ruling is outrageous. It’s an abomination. It’s an intrusion on the president’s authority in the area of foreign policy and national security.”

 

Joseph diGenova, who served as a U.S. attorney under President Ronald Reagan, said it was disappointing but not surprising.

 

“You could tell this was a pretty liberal panel,” he told LifeZette. “The ruling is outrageous. It’s an abomination. It’s an intrusion on the president’s authority in the area of foreign policy and national security.”

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/fmr-u-s-attorney-ninth-circuit-ruling-abomination/