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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(the gift that keeps on giving)
Judge Robart was appointed by George W. Bush.
We need a law that a district judge cannot speak for the entire nation. That power granted to hundreds around the nation is ignorant. At most their district should be all that is covered and any contradicting ruling in any other district should automatically raise the issue to the next higher court
hold them on arrival until thoroughly vetted.
These POS judges are going to get people killed.
Just ignore this ruling. They can’t do squat.
Federal judge in Mass. won’t extend order halting Trump immigration ban
Yeah, well, if a higher court changes the ruling, then put CNN back on. Their balloon will be deflated.
“Judge Robart was appointed by George W. Bush.”
Exactly.
I do not see where a judge has the power or authority to do anything enforceable in this arena.
Nah; DHS is not observing those orders. They are going with the one Trump signed so it doesn’t matter what they do. The law is on Trump’s side with this.
Of course we are. But you raise a good point. Trump needs to find ways to make these liberal states pay for this nonsense.
Notice this nut job of a judge issued this order on a Friday afternoon. Makes it harder to have the order stayed immediately.
The left is hell bent on flooding this country with Democrat voters from abroad.
And since this judge is in Washington State, I presume the appeal has to first go to the 9th circus.
Would be nice to see Federal Marshalls remove the judge from his bench.
There are three cases, it’s 1-1 so far. They used Giuliani’s comments to argue against Trump’s EO in Washington. If Giuliani would’ve kept his mouth shut, it’d be 2-0.
It’s ridiculous that the President of the United States should have to appeal anything this outlandish. The federal judiciary has no right to restrain President Trump from exercising powers that have been plainly granted to him by Congress regarding immigration. He should just ignore the ruling.
Rudy isn’t even in the admin. Try as you will, this is just activism
Trump should tell the black-robed, communist POS to: “ you try to enforce it” and then just ignore the POS as he has no standing on this.
Then you’ll start hearing “impeach”. What a joke. The courts just write laws in the fly and there is no remedy
The ACLU used his quotes about the EO.
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