Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump's own words show it was aimed at Muslims

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Matt Zapotosky October 18 at 8:01 AM

A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on Twitter convinced him that the directive was akin to an unconstitutional Muslim ban.

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang issued a somewhat less complete halt on the ban than his counterpart in Hawaii did a day earlier, blocking the administration from enforcing the directive only on those who lacked a “bona fide” relationship with a person or entity in the U.S., such as family members or some type of professional or other engagement in the United States.

But in some ways, Chuang’s ruling was more personally cutting to Trump, as he said the president’s own words cast his latest attempt to impose a travel blockade as the “inextricable re-animation of the twice-enjoined Muslim ban.”

The third iteration of Trump’s travel ban had been set to go fully into effect early Wednesday, barring various types of travelers from Syria, Libya, Iran, Yemen, Chad, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela. Even before Chuang’s ruling, though, a federal judge in Hawaii stopped it — at least temporarily — for all of the countries except North Korea and Venezuela.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/second-judge-rules-against-latest-travel-ban-saying-trumps-own-words-show-it-was-aimed-at-muslims/2017/10/18/5ecdaa44-b3ed-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. K&R

[thesquanderer]

2. This will go to the Supreme Court, who will probably support the ban.

The earlier measures had 90 day durations, meaning they would be moot by the time they were appealed. This new set of travel restrictions was designed to be indefinite and on-going, so it can be appealed as high as the administration wants to take it, and I suspect that the current court will rule in the administration's favor.

[Gothmog]

3. Trump loses again

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. All the righties are saying Trump should fire the judge

These clueless fuckheads have no clue how government works.