Appeals court wrestles with Trump's revised travel ban order
Source: Politico
A federal appeals court panel mulling President Donald Trump's revised travel ban order expressed skepticism Monday about some arguments against the ban, but it wasn't clear whether the judges were considering reviving the directive, which has so far been largely blocked by courts.
At a session in Seattle, three judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on a Justice Department request to overturn a Hawaii-based federal judge's order barring the administration from carrying out a 90-day halt on issuing visas to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries and a 120-day suspension of refugee admissions from around the globe.
Trump's campaign-trail proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States was again central to the discussion on Monday. Critics have pointed to his rhetoric to argue that his travel ban order, billed as an anti-terrorism measure, was actually driven by anti-Muslim sentiment.
Judge Michael Daly Hawkins asked if Trump had ever renounced the proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country.
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