{"id":291374,"date":"2017-02-05T12:34:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=291374"},"modified":"2017-02-05T12:34:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T12:34:03","slug":"trump-bid-to-restore-travel-ban-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/trump-bid-to-restore-travel-ban-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump bid to restore travel ban rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"
The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday.<\/p>\n
The late night ruling means the travel ban will remain suspended until the full case has been heard.<\/p>\n
The court gave the White House and the states challenging it a deadline of Monday to present more arguments.<\/p>\n
Two states argued that the travel ban, affecting people from seven mainly-Muslim countries, was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
In its appeal, the Justice Department said Judge James Robart had overreached by “second guessing” the president on a national security matter.<\/p>\n
It also argued that only the president could decide who can enter or stay in the US.<\/p>\n
In Friday’s case, the Justice Department had argued that states did not have the authority to challenge a presidential executive order.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for the states of Washington and Minnesota had argued that the ban was unconstitutional because it denied people with valid entry documents the right to travel without due process.<\/p>\n
It also violated freedom of religion rights by appearing to target Muslims, they said.<\/p>\n