Trump’s Travel Ban Gets Another Blow

Yet another federal court has delivered a decisive blow to President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate the ban, which tries to limit travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The three-judge panel issued the ruling, saying that it “exceeded the scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress.”

“Immigration, even for the President, is not a one-person show,” the judges wrote in their ruling. “The president’s authority is subject to certain statutory and constitutional restraints.”

Like the court rulings that came before this one, Trump's own words—and tweets were one of the deciding factors in not reinstating the ban.  

In the tweet, the President refers to dangerous countries rather than considering individual nationals.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer has noted that Tweets from the President are to be considered official statements, and the courts have considered them as such.

Ultimately, the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling came down to the ban’s violation of immigration law, which says that it is illegal to discriminate against specific nationalities when issuing visas.

Previous rulings have been appealed to the United States Supreme Court, and the White House is currently reviewing the latest ruling from the Ninth Circuit.

The Trump Administration would like the court to put the travel ban into effect and then review the appeals in the fall that declared the ban unconstitutional.

Source: Travel Pulse