{"id":450,"date":"2017-03-15T18:56:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T23:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:56:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T23:56:34","slug":"federal-judge-in-hawaii-blocks-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/450","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks Travel Ban…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just breaking. Another federal judge has put a temporary halt on Trump’s new travel ban. US District Court Judge Derrick Watson has determined Trump’s new \u00a0executive order still does not pass the legal test.<\/p>\n

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“The illogic of the Government’s contentions is palpable. The notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only by targeting all of them at once is fundamentally flawed,” Watson wrote.”<\/div>\n
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Equally flawed is the notion that the Executive Order cannot be found to have targeted Islam because it applies to all individuals in the six referenced countries,” Watson added. “It is undisputed, using the primary source upon which the Government itself relies, that these six countries have overwhelmingly Muslim populations that range from 90.7% to 99.8%.”<\/div>\n
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“It would therefore be no paradigmatic leap to conclude that targeting these countries likewise targets Islam,” Watson added. “Certainly, it would be inappropriate to conclude, as the Government does, that it does not.”<\/div>\n
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Several states and immigration advocates say the new order still suffers from legal flaws and asked federal judges to weigh in by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking the ban before Thursday. Federal judges in Maryland and Washington state may also issue rulings Wednesday.<\/div>\n
The new ban was announced earlier this month and set to take effect Thursday. It would ban people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the US for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days.<\/div>\n
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The White House did not immediately comment on Watson’s ruling, but the Trump administration argues the ban is necessary to protect the nation’s security.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Just breaking. Another federal judge has put a temporary halt on Trump’s new travel ban. US District Court Judge Derrick Watson has determined Trump’s new \u00a0executive order still does not pass the legal test. “The illogic of the Government’s contentions is palpable. The notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only … Continue reading Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks Travel Ban…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terrorism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-7g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":516,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/516","url_meta":{"origin":450,"position":0},"title":"Trump Surrogate Judge Jeanine Pirro Wants Ryan To Go…","author":"Les","date":"March 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Judge Jeanine Pirro, another Trump surrogate blasted Speaker Ryan on her Justice With Judge Jeanine show. 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