SCOOP: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Travel Ban

[executrix]

Adam Liptak, reporting in the New York Times, says that the Ninth Circuit refused to reinstate the travel ban. This is the first appellate decision. It's pretty much inevitable that it will go to the Supreme Court, probably before Gorsuch's confirmation, so a 4-4 deadlock is a real possibility.

Here's the decision:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/09/us/document-Ninth-Circuit-s-Decision-on-Trump-s-Travel-Ban.html

Trump's normal measured and thoughtful response was SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE.

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[lightbird]

Thank you!