Well, the Supreme Court disagreed with me. But, only by a 5-4 vote. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the President’s travel ban and rejected the appeal of the state of Hawaii. See the opinion in Trump v. Hawaii, No. 17-965 (6/26/2018) here. I previously wrote about that travel ban and its
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted an appeal regarding the administration’s travel ban. It also partially overruled the injunctions against the travel ban issued by the Ninth Circuit and the Fourth Circuit. The injunctions were issued to stop the ravel ban pending appeal. The administration is appealing the injunctions, but it is likely the court
The Ninth Circuit has joined the Fourth Circuit in upholding the injunction against Pres. Trump’s travel ban. The unanimous three-judge decision found that of the six countries identified in the ban, none had ever posed a risk to the United States. I wrote about the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision here. The Ninth Circuit pointed
Pres. Trump seriously undercuts his own case when he states publicly that the travel ban currently on appeal is a “watered down” version of the first travel ban. See CNN news report. That is a problem because the first travel ban made specific references to establishing a religion. The second ban removed that language.
The Fourth Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia has upheld the lower court’s preliminary injunction regarding the Trump travel ban. This ruling applies to the second ban, not the first. The second ban was written better after the administration encountered so many problems with the first ban.
A Maryland district court issued the preliminary injunction.
Another federal judge has granted an injunction to stop the administration’s travel ban. Judge Brinkema in Virginia granted an injunction that applies to the state of Virginia. Like the judge in Washington state, she pointed to the campaign statements by then Candidate Trump that he would institute a ban on Muslim immigration and that the
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s issuance of an injunction which stopped the travel ban. The travel ban has received enormous attention since it was issued Jan. 27. In its opinion, State of Washington, v. Trump, No.17-35105 (9th Cir. 2/9/2017), the court first explained that yes, Presidential directives regarding immigration are reviewable by
Pres. Trump’s case continues to worsen. Ten former State Department officials signed affidavits attesting that the travel ban does not make the U.S. safer. Former CIA Director, Gen. Mike Hayden, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice and others have submitted testimony that the
It is very unwise for a party to a lawsuit to discuss the lawsuit or the judge in public. Those statements will almost always become known to the judge. Donald Trump insists on discussing the judge’s actions in the lawsuit over the travel ban. On Sinday, he tweeted that Judge Robart’s decisions was “terrible” and
Discrimination is not easy to prove. It starts with an adverse personnel action that does not make sense. Then, you ask the employer for its explanation. Does the it make sense? We see the same analysis when the judge reviews the administration’s travel ban. There is at least one federal statute that prohibits discrimination in