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| Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat | Trump travel ban suffers new court defeat |
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| A US appeals court has upheld a decision blocking President Donald Trump's revised "travel ban" on people from six mainly Muslim nations. | |
| A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was discriminatory after a challenge by the state of Hawaii. | A lower court had issued the injunction on the grounds that the ban was discriminatory after a challenge by the state of Hawaii. |
| It is a further legal setback for the president's efforts to get the ban he promised his supporters. | It is a further legal setback for the president's efforts to get the ban he promised his supporters. |
| The dispute may end up being decided in the US Supreme Court. | |
| Mr Trump's own tweet from 5 June was cited in the judges' ruling. | Mr Trump's own tweet from 5 June was cited in the judges' ruling. |
| An earlier version of the travel ban, issued by Mr Trump just days after taking office, sparked confusion at airports and protests. | |
| In the revised executive order, the 90-day ban was to apply to people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also called for a 120-day ban on all refugees, but removed references to religious minorities. | |
| During his election campaign, Mr Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States". | |
| Reacting to the latest ruling, White House spokesman Sean Spicer defended the executive order, saying "we need every available tool at our disposal to prevent terrorists entering the United States and committing acts of bloodshed and violence". | |
| "We continue to be confident that the president's executive order to protect this country is fully lawful and ultimately will be upheld by the Supreme Court," Mr Spicer added. | |
| Trump's travel ban - the story so far | |
| The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was reviewing a March ruling by a Hawaii-based federal judge that blocked parts of Mr Trump's order. | The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was reviewing a March ruling by a Hawaii-based federal judge that blocked parts of Mr Trump's order. |
| In their ruling, the judges said that "immigration, even for the president, is not a one-person show". | |
| They said Mr Trump had failed to show that the entry of people from the six countries mentioned in the ban, as well as the refugees, would be detrimental to US interests. | They said Mr Trump had failed to show that the entry of people from the six countries mentioned in the ban, as well as the refugees, would be detrimental to US interests. |
| But the judges said the government was allowed to review the vetting process for people entering the US - something the earlier Hawaii ruling had blocked. | But the judges said the government was allowed to review the vetting process for people entering the US - something the earlier Hawaii ruling had blocked. |
| Analysis: James Cook, North America correspondent, BBC News | |
| This ruling is bad news for the White House but it could have been worse. | |
| The appeal court in San Francisco did uphold the ban on the ban - but it declined to take a position on whether or not President Trump's executive order breached the US constitution. | |
| In fact the three appeal court judges scolded the federal district court in Hawaii, whose ruling they were considering, for failing to heed the judicial principle that "courts should be extremely careful not to issue unnecessary constitutional rulings". | |
| The lower court had concluded, among other things, that the president's executive order was driven by "religious animus" and was intended to discriminate about Muslims. | |
| That was improper, said the federal judges in California, because the order could actually be dismissed on a statutory rather than a constitutional basis. | |
| In particular, they argued, the order exceeded the scope of the president's "broad authority to suspend the entry of aliens or classes of aliens" because the administration had failed to prove that banning more than 180 million people from entry based on their national origin would be detrimental to US interests. | |
| In other words, the appeal court concluded that the president was required by law to prove his case for the ban and failed to do so. | |
| His lawyers may now get another shot in front of the Supreme Court although it is not certain that the justices will actually decide to hear the case. | |
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| Ivanka Trump condemns 'vicious' critics | Ivanka Trump condemns 'vicious' critics |
| Sessions to testify publicly on Russia | Sessions to testify publicly on Russia |
| Trump-like Julius Caesar loses backing | Trump-like Julius Caesar loses backing |
| Trump targeted at Spacey-hosted Tonys | Trump targeted at Spacey-hosted Tonys |