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Freethinker65

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8. Sounds like the circuit court was ruling for border areas outside of its jurisdiction.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 06:52 PM

Sep 2019

Trump's actions violated the law, but the 9th circuit can only issue injunctions on States in its district.

Why weren't Trump's actions challenged in the other district courts as well? I am sure lawyers knew this was a possible outcome by only trying it in the 9th Circuit.

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WHILE LEGAL FIGHT CONTINUES... Lifts an injunction but the issue is not settled. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

UNBELIEVABLE!! bluestarone Sep 2019 #5

Can't we engage other countries barbtries Sep 2019 #2

Two illegitimate Supreme Court nominations are now swaying the court to the right Optical.Catalyst Sep 2019 #3

The vote was 7-2 former9thward Sep 2019 #9

yup, only RBG and Sotomeyer dissenting Amishman Sep 2019 #12

If we had our two nominees, it would have been 4-4 with a swing vote Optical.Catalyst Sep 2019 #14

Who knows what it would have been? former9thward Sep 2019 #15

Who's our two nominees? Drunken Irishman Sep 2019 #17

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Is this in accord with intl law? Karadeniz Sep 2019 #4

international law only applies if we signed a binding treaty, which we usually don't do Amishman Sep 2019 #10

Looks like it was a 7-2 decision MichMan Sep 2019 #6

I wonder if the timing is significant. pintobean Sep 2019 #7

Sounds like the circuit court was ruling for border areas outside of its jurisdiction. Freethinker65 Sep 2019 #8

The original case was before one federal judge in San Francisco. former9thward Sep 2019 #11

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