National Security Federal appeals court maintains suspension of Trumps immigration order

[Stonepounder]

Source: Washington Post

A federal appeals court has maintained the freeze on President Trump’s controversial immigration order, meaning previously barred refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries can continue entering the U.S.

A panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld the ruling of U.S. District Judge James Robart, who had decided Friday that Trump’s temporary travel ban should be put on hold. The Department of Homeland Security soon suspended all enforcement of Trump’s controversial directive.

The Justice Department, representing the Trump administration, could now ask the Supreme Court — which often defers to the president on matters of immigration and national security — to intervene. The Supreme Court, though, remains one justice short, and many see it as ideologically split 4-4. A tie would keep in place whatever the appeals court decides.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/federal-appeals-court-maintains-suspension-of-trumps-immigration-order/2017/02/09/e8526e70-ed47-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html?utm_term=.4c290f8ab7a7&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&pushid=breaking-news_1486682050

[Dopers_Greed]

1. Woooooohoooooooo!!!!!

Suck it Dumpf

[lindysalsagal]

2. YYYyyyyeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

[GreydeeThos]

3. Trump is handed another defeat!

We can win this one boys, time to press on with renewed effort.

[Eugene]

4. Tomorrow morning's Twitter tirade will be doozy.

[stopwastingmymoney]

5. Unanimous!

[pdxDem]

6. Today's PPP polls show Trump supporters are OK with him OVERULING JUDGES DECISIONS

51% of Trump supporters according to Feb 7-8 PPP poll say they think Trump should be able to overturn decisions by judges that he disagrees with.

WTF

[Cadfael]

7. WTF?????

[DesertRat]

9. They can be okay with whatever they want, but

he's not a dictator. I think that he and his supporters need to brush up on their middle school civics.
This might help. https://bensguide.gpo.gov/

[Stonepounder]

10. That's why we now have Betsy DeVoss as SecEd.

They want an ignorant populace.

[Cha]

12. They're fubared .. we knew that.

[Little Tich]

8. Good to see that the US Judicial Branch is working when the Executive Branch has failed. n/t

[Stonepounder]

11. They smacked him pretty hard.

One of the arguments is that things regarding national security are the exclusive provenance of the Executive and are not reviewable.

From the NYT:

The ruling also rejected Mr. Trump’s claim that courts are powerless to review a president’s national security assessments. Judges have a crucial role to play in a constitutional democracy, the court said.

“It is beyond question,” the decision said, “that the federal judiciary retains the authority to adjudicate constitutional challenges to executive action.”

Note the second paragraph. It is judicial-speak for "Screw you Presi-poo. Just because you say it doesn't make it true."

[Cha]

13. YAY! And, who was that Temp AG who went ahead with

the order when Sally Yates turned it down? He's going down in infamy while Sally is soaring for her honesty!

Thank you, Stonepounder..