The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban in a ruling issued Thursday evening. Trump is widely expected to challenge the court’s ruling in the Supreme Court. The executive order, Trump’s highest profile and most controversial of his presidency so far, will be void until then.
The decision took square aim at the Trump administration’s argument that the ban must remain in place for national security reasons. “We hold that the Government has not shown … that failure to enter a stay would cause irreparable injury, and we therefore deny its emergency motion for a stay,” the court ruled.
WA attorney general: We have laws that apply to everybody “and that includes the President of the United States” https://t.co/FpZK99koJS
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 10, 2017
The stay on the ban will remain in place, although that does not set a national precedent as a Supreme Court ruling would. The ruling is not based on the merits of the executive order, but it keeps the temporary restraining order on Trump’s executive order in place. Still, Supreme Court lawyer and Georgetown University law professor Neal Katyal called the ban “an utter repudiation of the Trump order.”
Trump, for his part, responded on Twitter.
On Feb. 3, a George W. Bush-appointed federal judge in Seattle, Washington blocked the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
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The Constitution for the win‼️
https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/830527593518661637
https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/830174942616489984
STILL A MUSLIM BAN!
https://twitter.com/leloveluck/status/830114784850874368
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/830080149496459265
https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/830087795964272642
https://twitter.com/OmarJadwat/status/829846852304519169
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/830085180148817922
https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/830085569271255040
They can reword the EO all they want…it’s still a #MuslimBan. Illegal.
https://twitter.com/Impeach_D_Trump/status/830078457371619329
https://twitter.com/Backstorymom1/status/829869944603025408
WA state AG
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/829892081241972736
And that’s why the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals SHUT your ASS DOWN! Racist mofo!
https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/829837909909860352
https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/829869387276513285
BUFFOONERY
https://twitter.com/TPM/status/829839736319705089
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/829852501977473024
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/829872604865519616
#45 #MuslimBan got trumped by the #9thcircut! #LOSER
https://twitter.com/Slate/status/829843818409259009
First They Came For
The Muslims
And We Said
Not Today
Motherfucker
#45, YOUR ARE A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
Trump: “We’re going to win so much. You’re going to get tired of winning!”
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NOT TODAY, SATAN!
Unanimous!!!😃😃😃😃😄😄😄
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/829843964614291456
https://twitter.com/rulajebreal/status/829852243117617152
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/829856084655558657
https://twitter.com/Denlesks/status/829846377320501249
https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue/status/829850044530556929
https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/829854913551228929
https://twitter.com/Tuniekc/status/829847195721617408
https://twitter.com/ArabsForBernie/status/829842472452886528
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/829845721067175936
Yessssssss!!!!