“Although the Supreme Court has certainly encouraged deference in our review of immigration matters<br />that implicate national security interests,” he wrote, “it has not countenanced judicial abdication, especially where constitutional rights, values, and principles are at stake.”<br />It was more than plausible, he added, that the revised order’s “stated national security<br />interest was provided in bad faith, as a pretext for its religious purpose.”<br />“The government has repeatedly asked this court to ignore evidence, circumscribe our own review,<br />and blindly defer to executive action, all in the name of the Constitution’s separation of powers,” Judge Gregory wrote.<br />Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump’s Revised Travel Ban -<br />By ADAM LIPTAKMAY 25, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Trump’s revised<br />travel ban, saying it “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.”<br />The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., was a fresh<br />setback for the administration’s efforts to limit travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.<br />“Then-candidate Trump’s campaign statements reveal<br />that on numerous occasions, he expressed anti-Muslim sentiment, as well as his intent, if elected, to ban Muslims from the United States,” Judge Gregory wrote.
