Third judge could block revised Trump travel ban

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By JOSH GERSTEIN 05/11/17 01:32 PM EDT

Another judge is expressing doubt about the legality of President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban executive order and signaling she might block it herself if the administration succeeds in its appeals of other injunctions currently blocking key parts of the directive.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanka Chutkan, who sits in Washington, D.C., said in an order Thursday that she believes Iranian-American groups and individuals are likely to prevail in a pair of lawsuits they brought challenging Trump’s March order suspending the issuance of visas to six majority-Muslim countries and blocking new admissions of refugees from around the globe.

“The court is inclined to agree with Plaintiffs that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims with respect to Sections 2 and 6 of the Second Executive Order,” wrote Chutkan, an appointee of President Barack Obama. The judge did not indicate in her order why she believes Trump’s directive is illegal, nor did she say whether she believes it is unconstitutional or contrary to other provisions of law.

However, Chutkan said she was staying the Iranian-Americans’ request for an injunction because of the two injunctions already in place: one from a judge in Maryland and another from a judge in Hawaii. The 4th Circuit heard arguments Monday on the Maryland injunction.

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[Gothmog]

1. There is also a chance that the judge in Washington state could be ruling one day