{"id":88016,"date":"2017-02-04T18:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T23:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88016"},"modified":"2017-02-04T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T23:33:18","slug":"us-district-court-judge-blocks-trumps-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/04\/us-district-court-judge-blocks-trumps-travel-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"US district court judge blocks Trump’s travel ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump’s week-old executive order barred nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The seven countries are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. ( Photo: Kristin “Shoe” Shoemaker\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013US District Court Judge James Robart ruled Friday in favor of the state attorneys general of Washington and Minnesota on a lawsuit to overturn President Donald Trump’s travel ban.<\/p>\n

The temporary ruling appeared to be the most severe legal blow to the executive order Trump issued on Jan. 27, a week after he was inaugurated.<\/p>\n

“The state has met its burden in demonstrating immediate and irreparable injury,” Judge Robart was quoted as saying by reports reaching here.<\/p>\n

“Judge Robart’s decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to President Trump’s unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. It puts a stop to it immediately, nationwide,” Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson told a group of reporters Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“What the judge announced today was nationwide; the president’s executive order does not apply,” Ferguson added.<\/p>\n

Ferguson later insisted in an interview over the phone with Cable News Network (CNN) that the ruling is effective across the United States.<\/p>\n

Judge Robart of US District Court for the Western District of Washington, based in Seattle, was appointed by former President George W. Bush in 2004.<\/p>\n

Trump’s week-old executive order barred nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The seven countries are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.<\/p>\n

The order has been widely criticized both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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