Hawaii loses court fight to exempt grandparents from Trump travel ban

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A US judge rejected Hawaii’s bid to exempt grandparents from President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on Thursday, but ruled the state could ask the US supreme court directly for further clarity.

US district judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu had been asked to interpret a ruling from the supreme court that revived parts of Trump’s executive order of 6 March which banned people from six Muslim-majority countries for 90 days.

The highest court let the ban go forward with a limited scope, saying it could not apply to anyone with a credible “bona fide relationship” with a US person or entity.

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In Thursday’s ruling, Watson said he “declines to usurp the prerogative of the supreme court to interpret its own order”.

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Reuters
Friday 7 July 2017 04.03 BST


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/07/hawaii-loses-court-fight-to-exempt-grandparents-from-trump-travel-ban

[sandensea]

1. At least they tried.

And hey - if the grandmother of one of the people who financed 9/11 (and in more recent days, ISIS) ever wants to visit the US, I'm sure our great president will have NO problem with that.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This really makes no sense. Plenty of grandparents are raising their grandchildren

And in the US and other countries they're living with their children. I'm sure they could easily find thousands of examples. Yet "fiancés" are considered "immediate family??" I would think that's a situation much more ripe for abuse. And how many grandparents are "terrorists," if that's the pressing concern?