Trump furious after losing travel ban appeal
Trump furious after court upholds block on travel ban
President Donald Trump's travel ban will remain blocked, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The
unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel means that citizens of seven
majority-Muslim countries will continue to be able to travel to the US,
despite Trump's executive order last month.
It
is a significant political setback to Trump's new administration and
raises questions about how the courts will view his apparent vision for
an expansive use of executive power from the Oval Office on which he is
anchoring the early weeks of his presidency.
"The
government has pointed to no evidence that any alien from any of the
countries named in the order has perpetrated a terrorist attack in the
United States," the judges wrote.
"Rather than present evidence to explain
the need for the Executive Order, the government has taken the position
that we must not review its decision at all."
The
judges added that while "the public has a powerful interest in national
security and in the ability of an elected president to enact
policies... the public also has an interest in free flow of travel, in
avoiding separation of families, and in freedom from .
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