Appellate court could doom Trump’s anti-immigrant executive order
Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to defend his issuance of an executive order banning immigration and cancelling visas from seven majority-Muslim nations, but they did not have a good day in court – well, they were connected by telephone, but things did not go well for Trump’s attorneys.
A three-judge federal appeals panel voiced skepticism on Tuesday at the Justice Department’s broad defense of President Trump’s targeted travel ban during arguments over how much power the president has to impose immigration restrictions based on national security concerns.
It was a lively but technical hearing on an issue that has gripped much of the country’s attention — and that of foreign allies and Middle East nations — for the past week. Issued without warning on Jan. 27, just a week after Mr. Trump took office, the executive order disrupted travel and drew protests at the nation’s airports by suspending entry for people from seven predominantly Muslim countries and limiting the nation’s refugee program.
No matter how the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules — in an order that is expected within days — an appeal to the United States Supreme Court is likely. That court remains short-handed and could deadlock. A 4-to-4 tie in the Supreme Court would leave the appeals court’s ruling in place.
Click here for reuse options!
Copyright 2017 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
5 responses to Appellate court could doom Trump’s anti-immigrant executive order
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Buford2k11 February 8th, 2017 at 08:36
This nation needs to start figuring out how to rid us of this corrupt and perverted government, and I don’t mean just trump…the entire gop must go…they have become what they have always despised…yet they have no idea just how weak they have made our nation….they dishonor their office, they ignore their oaths, and then they call us the enemy…I AM THE RESISTANCE…. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c64e7b7ac743a96c8f5dba2944372c6eacb297e6d94e9fd09b5c8b569c3e1aea.jpg
oldfart February 8th, 2017 at 09:07
“A 4-to-4 tie in the Supreme Court would leave the appeals court’s ruling in place.”
It appears to me that, republican refusal to proceed with President Obama’s SCOTUS nomination and Mein tRump’s ignorance of our laws, maybe the only bright side to this travesty of an election and the takeover of congress and white house.
Thank god for small favors.
Tommie February 8th, 2017 at 10:57
What’s next, will Trump take down the Statue of Liberty because of it’s welcoming message!
mea_mark February 8th, 2017 at 13:29
Please, don’t give him ideas like that.
Tommie February 8th, 2017 at 21:30
My bad!