Posted on 02/03/2017 4:38:49 PM PST by Pinkbell
SEATTLE/BOSTON - A federal judge in Seattle on Friday granted a nationwide temporary restraining order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's recent action barring nationals from seven countries from entering the United States.
The judge's order represents a major challenge to the Trump administration, which is expected to immediately appeal. The judge declined to stay the order, suggesting that travel restrictions could be lifted immediately.
The challenge was brought by the state of Washington and later joined by the state of Minnesota. The Seattle judge ruled that the states have legal standing to sue, which could help Democratic attorneys general take on Trump in court on issues beyond immigration.
"It's a wonderful day for the rule of law in this country," said Washington state solicitor general Noah Purcell.
The decision came on a day that attorneys from four states were in courts challenging Trump's executive order. Trump's administration justified the action on national security grounds, but opponents labeled it an unconstitutional order targeting people based on religious beliefs.
Earlier on Friday, a federal judge in Boston on Friday declined to extend a temporary restraining order that allowed some immigrants into the United States from certain countries despite being barred by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent executive order.
Also on Friday in Virginia, a federal judge ordered the White House to provide a list of all people stopped from entering the United States by the travel ban.
The State Department said on Friday that fewer than 60,000 visas previously issued to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen had been invalidated as a result of the order. That disclosure followed media reports that government lawyers were citing a figure of 100,000.
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Of course they are happy on MSNBC..they want the destruction of America and this ruling is step #1 in making sure that happens..send the rapeugees to MSNBC let’s see how it works out
Send them all to Seattle.
Send them all to Seattle.
but this is a federal judge not a state government
Someone please explain. I just was listening to the WA Governor. Apparently this restraining order is enforceable??? Calling it unconstitutional????
I am about to be sick..............
WHERE WERE THESE LAWYERS WHEN AMERICANS LOST EVERYTHING THANKS TO Os EOs??????
WHERE WERE THESE LAWYERS WHEN O-CARE WAS PASSED, HURTING AMERICANS?????
Enemies of the State. Traitors, all of them.
I loathe that man more every day.
Some saying this will take months to straighten out
Who is the judge going to get to enforce his restraining order when ICE shows up in force?
The ruling of the judge is even more imbecilic. He wrote that travel bans to these countries discriminate against muslims. The EO does not mention religion at all, just countries. It would just as outrageous to say that it discriminates against catholics if the travel ban included Italy or Spain.
Second, the judge wrote that it violates the constitutional rights of immigrants and their families. Immigrants, are NOT residents of this country and the Constitution does not apply to them at all.
To me, this judge is make a case that he does not have good temperment nor good standing and should be removed from the bench.
The ruling of the judge is even more imbecilic. He wrote that travel bans to these countries discriminate against muslims. The EO does not mention religion at all, just countries. It would just as outrageous to say that it discriminates against catholics if the travel ban included Italy or Spain.
Second, the judge wrote that it violates the constitutional rights of immigrants and their families. Immigrants, are NOT residents of this country and the Constitution does not apply to them at all.
To me, this judge is make a case that he does not have good temperment nor good standing and should be removed from the bench.
(f) Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President
Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.
Next question.
No doubt President Trump has had the portrait displayed behind him to show admiration for Jackson's style of political administration.
In one way or another, The President will pin this judge and his court order right to the wall.
The morning st incredible, amazing thing about this (just like in Europe) is the millions upon millions of people here, who want to support and promote the people who want, above everything else, to kill or enslave us (and them). They want to force us to allow them to take over and destroy us.
And this is true here as in Europe. It is a blindness that becomes a true and actual suicide wish.
If this is the West...it’s already dead. Even Trump can’t stop that kind of self-destructive orgy.
+1
“CNN talking heads are having on air orgasms right now “
I’ve seen most of the CNN talking heads. The visual of any one of them, combined with the word, “orgasm”, can induce projectile vomiting.
Do you have a link to the judge’s decision?
Most incredible thing...auto fill is a terrible invention
so last year states couldn’t tell Obama that he couldn’t dump refugees in their backyards, but now states can tell Trump he must allow refugees in??
War is coming people...
It was referenced in the Hill’s article.
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