[Washington Examiner] The Global An American Civil Liberties Union lawyer argued before a federal appeals court Monday that President Trump's travel ban should be ruled unconstitutional because the action was taken by Trump and not a different president.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., heard contentious oral arguments lasting more than two hours in a case involving a lower court order block of Trump's travel ban. Trump's revised executive order preventing some immigrants from entering the country came in early March as his earlier immigration ban was blocked by federal courts. The new order includes a provision that prevents the entry of foreign nationals from Muslim-majority countries Iran, Libya Somalia, Syria and Yemen for 90 days. A district court judge in Maryland blocked that provision March 15, and the federal government appealed the decision to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Omar C. Jadwat, an American Civil Liberties Union senior staff attorney, argued that the revised ban should be deemed unconstitutional because of Trump's anti-Muslim comments while on the campaign trail and after the election. |