A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s third travel ban hours before it was to take effect.
HONOLULU (AP) — US judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump administration's #travelban hours before it was set to take effect.
— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) October 17, 2017
A federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump's latest travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countrieshttps://t.co/V5ruJ8YRaB
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 17, 2017
The restraining order was issued by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, the same judge who blocked Trump’s last travel ban in March.
New: Judge blocks travel ban 3.0 in Hawaii v. Trump, saying it “plainly discriminates based on nationality” against US founding principles.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 17, 2017
This is quite an opening line from the federal judge who just blocked President Trump's latest travel ban. pic.twitter.com/6OlC9cxrl2
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 17, 2017
“Professional athletes mirror the federal government in this respect: they operate within a set of rules, and when one among them forsakes those rules in favor of his own, problems ensue.”
https://twitter.com/hale_razor/status/920368168014561281
That opening paragraph would have been spiked by any competent editor. https://t.co/J4XGaiPRdh
— Noam Neusner (@NoamNeusner) October 17, 2017
My 9 year old started a story like that once
— Gman (@jcatbbug) October 17, 2017
The judge is a clown. https://t.co/lfxH1Y7GOi
— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) October 17, 2017
The supreme court is going to start getting angry at this frivolous garbage.
— CORDENTHUSIAST (@cordenthusiast) October 17, 2017
We are allowed to do that. Is this judge crazy?
— FieldRoamer (@FieldRoamer) October 17, 2017
US law allows us to discriminate based on nationality
— Jason Hornbuckle (@JasonHornbuckle) October 17, 2017
Immigration law is all about basing admittance on nationality. This judge is not Congress.
— FieldRoamer (@FieldRoamer) October 17, 2017
Supreme Court is going to have to put its foot down. There can’t be laws for Trump presidency but not others.
— FieldRoamer (@FieldRoamer) October 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/P1BradMichigan/status/920377610772852741
We don’t know … the Women’s March seems confident that Trump’s “Muslim ban” will never prevail.
Trump's third Muslim ban BLOCKED!@realDonaldTrump, we promise you'll lose every time. #NoMuslimBanEVER https://t.co/lXvBpKPLt5
— Women's March (@womensmarch) October 17, 2017
@womensmarch. Evidently you've never heard of the Supreme Court. https://t.co/IdOF0Gyc3B
— Warrior For POTUS (@VendettaArc) October 17, 2017
I wonder if Derrick Watson gets tired of removing Neil Gorsuch's foot from his ass?
— The Washington Post is an ISIS affiliate (@Bmtgg4) October 17, 2017
They’re called borders, people.
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Related:
TRUMP WINS AGAIN: 9th circuit denies Hawaii request to limit travel ban implementation https://t.co/VX1KUh68Oz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 7, 2017