Appeals Court Deals New Blow to Donald Trumps Travel Ban Targeting Muslims (HuffPo)

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Following a high-stakes court hearing on Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decided to keep President Donald Trump’s order from being enforced, which means one of his signature policy initiatives will remain in limbo as the litigation proceeds before the federal judge in Seattle who temporarily blocked the order’s implementation.

In an early-morning tweet prior to a law enforcement conference Wednesday, Trump appeared to prejudge the 9th Circuit’s outcome and call into question the motivations of the judges who considered his travel ban.

“I don’t ever want to call a court biased, so I won’t call it biased,” Trump said during a gathering of chiefs of police. “And we haven’t had a decision yet. But courts seem to be so political, and it would be so great for a justice system if they would be able to ... do what’s right. And that has to do with the security of our country, which is so important.”

U.S. District Judge James Robart, the Seattle jurist who put a temporary nationwide restraining order on Trump’s travel ban last week, said in his earlier ruling that there’s a high likelihood the executive order would cause irreparable harm to the states of Washington and Minnesota if he didn’t block it.

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Ahead of the 9th Circuit ruling, Robart issued a scheduling order on Tuesday, instructing the states and the Trump administration how the case would move forward. Washington and Minnesota must submit a legal brief on Thursday, the Trump administration’s response brief is due next Wednesday, and then the states must reply by next Friday. Robart has yet to schedule a new hearing.

When he does, he’ll determine whether his original restraining order should become a preliminary injunction, which, if granted, would leave Trump’s travel ban on hold for even longer ― a result that would almost certainly be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.

But at this early stage, an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court would face a big hurdle. Five justices would need to agree to reverse the 9th Circuit, and since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year, the court remains one member short.

MOre, with video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-muslim-ban-appeals-ruling_us_589b49cfe4b09bd304bf279e?

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1. cant WAIT for the name calling to begin

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. gee...not even 3 weeks in and he has a constitutional crisis...

not what he intended, I am sure, but he HAD to know that acting like a King was not gonna fly.
Plus I am pretty sure he has directly or indirectly tried to tell Groush or gorurs or what ever his name is, that soon as he gets his SCOTUS seat, he HAS to support Trump in all things.
Not sure that will fly, either.