Fed. judge favors Washingtons case against Trump travel ban
A federal judge has ruled that Washington state’s case against President Donald Trump’s recent travel ban has standing, putting a halt to the president’s executive order.
U.S. District Court Judge James Robarts ruled in favor of the case brought by Washington, and requested a restraining order against the president’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim countries. The ruling does not come down against the executive order itself — judging if it is constitutional. Rather, it favors Washington’s request for an immediate, temporary halt to the travel ban. It also confirms Washington’s case that the executive order has harmed the state, and moves the case forward.
“The Constitution prevailed today,” Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said after the decision. “No one is above the law — not even the President.”
Robarts said that it was not up to him to set policy, only to determine if there has been harm to the state caused by the travel ban. The decision Friday will apply nationally.
According to an attorney general press release shortly after the decision:
To obtain the Temporary Restraining Order, the state needed to prove that its underlying lawsuit was likely to succeed, that irreparable harm was likely to occur without the restraining order, and that halting the President’s order immediately is in the public interest. The state also needed to establish that the potential injury to Washington residents caused by leaving the President’s order in place outweighs any potential damage from halting it.
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