The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the travelers from seven Muslim-majority is on hold after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban, allowing previously barred travelers to continue coming to the United States.
The three federal judges rejected nearly all of the administration’s arguments in favor of reinstating the ban and concluded that the order was unlikely to survive legal challenges. The case could now be shifted to the US Supreme Court.
“On the one hand, the public has a powerful interest in national security and in the ability of an elected president to enact policies. And on the other, the public also has an interest in free flow of travel, in avoiding separation of families, and in freedom from discrimination,” the judges noted.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump reacted that the security of USA is under stake. He tweeted: “SEE YOU IN COURT.”
While the ban is on hold, refugees and people from seven majority-Muslim nations identified in the executive order can continue traveling to US.
