No Travel Ban To The United States: The United States Court of Appeals Declares Ban Would Target Muslims Travelers And Is Not A Security Issue

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 Juergen T Steinmetz

President Donald Trump suffered another defeat in trying to put a ban in place for certain nations to be able to travel to the United States of America. The travel ban block stands after the 4th Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States ruled against a ban to restrict or ban travel to the US for citizens of some Muslim majority countries. This was the second time US President Trump was putting such a ban in place.

The court decision was not anonymous and partly was based on issues other than the issue. The majority of the appeals court judges agreed the ban is targeting Muslim travelers and is not necessarily based on a security concern.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Maryland. Eastern District of North Carolina. Middle District of North Carolina.

It upholds the suspension of a revised version of the executive order that the Trump administration crafted to better hold up to legal scrutiny than an earlier version.

Trump has insisted that the measure is necessary to prevent possible terrorist attacks. But courts in previous rulings blocking its enforcement have cited past statements from Trump and his advisors signaling that it may single out Muslims.

Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks Trump’s Travel Ban 2.0, Extended Wednesday 3/30 #TrumpTravelBan

A federal judge in Hawaii granted the state’s request to block President Trump’s revised travel ban. Trump has said his administration will appeal.

 US District Court Judge Derrick Watson has extended his restraining order against the ban, finding that the order violates the religious establishment clause in the US Constitution.

Swaying the judge’s decision was the remark made by Trump while he was campaigning for President of the United States when he said, “I think Islam hates us,” and what he also said in a later interview that the Muslim ban has morphed into extreme vetting.

The judge said that the State of Hawaii had shown there would be damages to its tourism industry, including to its universities and overall economy.