For those who missed it last night, positive movement in WA & VA litigation. (trumps Travel ban)

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Justin Eisele ‏@Jteisele 3h3 hours ago

Good morning @DullesJustice fans!

For those who missed it last night, positive movement in WA and VA litigation.

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Courts Still Proceeding With Lawsuits — And A New Injunction — Against Trump’s Travel Ban

https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/justice-department-appears-to-rule-out-seeking-immediate-sup?utm_term=.sjp0QnYlD#.nqOxY982q

While Justice Department lawyers attempted to confine the court battle to the federal appeals court hearing the challenge out of Washington, two district court judges on Monday sided with challengers to the president’s executive order. “Maximum power does not mean absolute power,” one judge wrote, in ruling against Trump.



Originally posted on Feb. 13, 2017, at 2:13 p.m. Updated on Feb. 13, 2017, at 9:13 p.m.


Carlos Barria / Reuters

WASHINGTON — While the Trump administration decides how to proceed with its fight against challenges to the president’s refugee and travel ban, federal courts in Washington and Virginia on Monday dealt legal victories to those challenging the executive order.

At a conference at the district court in the Washington v. Trump case that has led to the halted enforcement of the ban, US District Judge James Robart decided on Monday that the underlying lawsuit by the states of Washington and Minnesota can proceed while the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addresses questions relating to his initial order.

Reuters reported that Robart said “he was ‘surprised’ the Justice Department would seek a delay given Trump’s angry tweets over the 9th Circuit ruling.”

Across the country, in Virginia, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued her own injunction in the case, finding a “likelihood that the Commonwealth will prevail on the merits of its Establishment Clause claim,” and halting enforcement of the visa portion of the executive order against Virginia residents affected by the ban......................................

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