{"id":94626,"date":"2017-03-19T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=94626"},"modified":"2017-03-19T20:04:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T00:04:26","slug":"judge-rejects-us-request-to-clarify-order-halting-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/19\/judge-rejects-us-request-to-clarify-order-halting-travel-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge rejects US request to clarify order halting travel ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94201\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DKW_275x367.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94201\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DKW_275x367.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson said nothing was unclear about his order and the government can't ask for a distinction that officials failed to make in earlier briefs and arguments, according to online court records.(Photo: United State District Court)\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DKW_275x367.jpg 275w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DKW_275x367-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson said nothing was unclear about his order and the government can&#8217;t ask for a distinction that officials failed to make in earlier briefs and arguments, according to online court records.(Photo: United State District Court)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HONOLULU \u2013A federal judge on Sunday rejected the U.S. government&#8217;s request to clarify his temporary order blocking President Donald Trump&#8217;s revised travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson said nothing was unclear about his order and the government can&#8217;t ask for a distinction that officials failed to make in earlier briefs and arguments, according to online court records.<\/p>\n<p>Watson issued the temporary restraining order Wednesday in response to a lawsuit from the state of Hawaii, concluding there was \u201csignificant and unrebutted evidence of religious animus\u201d behind the travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, the Justice Department asked Watson to clarify that the order only applied to the ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries and not a global freeze on refugees entering the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Watson asked federal officials and Hawaii on Sunday how they want to proceed regarding a possible extension of his order.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has called the Hawaii ruling an example of \u201cunprecedented judicial overreach\u201d and has indicated it will be appealed.<\/p>\n<p>Similar cases are being heard in federal courts in Washington state and Maryland. In all, more than half a dozen states are trying to block the travel ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU \u2013A federal judge on Sunday rejected the U.S. government&#8217;s request to clarify his temporary order blocking President Donald Trump&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":94201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[16799,13457],"class_list":["post-94626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-clarify-order","tag-travel-ban","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}