At stake in two major travel ban cases
By Jaweed Kaleem and Maura Dolan
... On Monday, Justice Department attorneys will argue for the ban in the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. They want the Richmond, Va., court to reverse a Maryland federal judge’s order that blocked Trump’s 90-day suspension of travel to the U.S. by nationals of Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
A week later on May 15, government lawyers will present arguments in Seattle in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The issue at hand is a Hawaii federal judge’s decision blocking the travel ban. The Hawaii case stopped the country-specific ban and froze Trump’s 120-day pause on refugee admissions ...
... Hawaii said the ban would hurt tourism and the state’s university, which recruits from the six countries and has faculty members who hail from them ...
... U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang of Maryland said there were “strong indications that the national security purpose is not the primary purpose for the travel ban.” He said it was likely that Trump's ban violated the Constitution by discriminating against Muslims ...
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-travel-ban-appeals-courts-2017-htmlstory.html
