| Justice Department appeals to restore Trump travel ban |
| In a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the acting solicitor general described a judge’s temporary halt to President Trump’s order on immigration as “judicial second-guessing” and an “impermissible intrusion” on presidential authority. The 9th Circuit denied a request for an immediate reinstatement of the ban and instead asked the state of Washington and the Trump administration to file more arguments by Monday afternoon. While his administration followed the court’s order, the president tweeted an extraordinarily personal criticism of U.S. District Judge James L. Robart. |
| By Robert Barnes, Matt Zapotosky and Abby Phillip • Read more » |
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