Good morning over stressed political Halloween junkies,
Today the Trump administrations latest attempt to implement a travel ban that would restrict the entry of peoples from Libya, Chad, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, and North Korea into the United States was block by the Derrick Watson, the US District Court Judge of Hawaii. He believed that this latest attempt "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor: it lacks sufficient findings that the entry of more than 150 million nationals from six specified countries would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States" (Watson). The two countries left out are North Korea and Venezuela, which many believe were only included in order to refute the idea that his travel ban unfairly targeted countries with a Muslim majority. While opposition to this ruling is expected to appeal to the higher courts, it will be sometime before a decision in these courts is made, but props to Hawaii for kicking ass and upholding the law.
As always keep it classy,
T. R. Dixon
Sources:
Zapotosky, Matt. “Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Third Travel Ban, Setting up Another Legal Showdown.” Chicagotribune.com,
17 Oct. 2017,
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-travel-ban-20171017-story.html.
“Trump's Latest Travel Ban Order Blocked.” BBC News, BBC, 17 Oct. 2017, www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41659724.
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