Trump's travel ban 'drips with religious intolerance,' says en banc appeals court; injunction sticks

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.

POSTED MAY 25, 2017 01:39 PM CDT
BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS

In en banc federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban from taking effect. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 10-3 decision.

Trump’s executive order “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination,” Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote for the majority.

The decision was yet another setback for Trump’s efforts to limit travel into the United States by people from several predominantly Muslim countries, report the New York Times and the Washington Post . Both stories predict the case will likely reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

The appeals court affirmed the nationwide preliminary injunction, but said the district court had erred by issuing the injunction against the president himself.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trumps_travel_ban_drips_with_religious_intolerance_says_en_banc_appeals_cou

205 page decision: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/irap_-_opinion.pdf

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1. Yeah for the ACLU