Travel Ban Back in Place, SCOTUS Halts Lower Court Injunctions
President Donald Trump’s travel ban is once again to largely go back into effect after the Supreme Court of the United States stayed two lower courts’ injunctions Monday.
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Hawaii Federal Judge Derrick Watson Torpedoes Travel Ban for the Third Time
Obama-appointee Judge Derrick Watson, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii again blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump’s White House to institute an executive order banning travel from certain countries Tuesday.
Full SCOTUS Keeps Trump Travel Ban in Place Till October
At least four more Supreme Court Justices signed on to Justice Anthony Kennedy’s stay of the Ninth and Fourth Circuits Tuesday, keeping President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries in place until the final case is heard this October.
SCOTUS Again Reins in Ninth Circuit on Travel Ban
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kenndy stepped into the fracas over President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries once again Monday, staying an injunction from the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Fourth Circuits at the request of the Department of Justice.
SCOTUS Partially Stays Hawaii Judge’s Ruling Limiting Travel Ban, Ninth Circuit to Decide Fate
The Supreme Court of the United States denied the Justice Department’s request for clarification of the order partially reinstating President Donald Trump’s travel ban Wednesday, but stayed part of Judge Derrick Watson’s ruling that severally limited the ban.
Refugee Arrivals Trickle to Virtual Halt After Federal Judge’s Decision Expands ‘Bona Fide Relationship’
In the five days since U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ruled the Trump administration must include grandparents and other distant relatives as “bona fide relationships” when determining eligibility for visa applications and participation in the federal refugee resettlement program, new refugee arrivals have trickled to a virtual stop.
Supreme Court Tees Up Decision on Hawaii Travel Ban Ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States has given the State of Hawaii until noon Tuesday to file its brief in support of Judge Derrick Watson’s controversial ruling on President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
AG Sessions, Patriotic Immigration Groups React to Hawaii Judge Taking Teeth Out of SCOTUS-Approved Travel Ban
Outraged reactions poured in Friday to federal Judge Derrick Watson’s order effectively nullifying the Supreme Court’s reinstatement of President Trump’s travel ban by holding the administration’s definition of a “bone fide relationship” invalid.
Federal Judge in Hawaii Dares Supreme Court to Overrule Him, Grants Motion That Trump Administration Cannot Define ‘Bona Fide Relationship’
U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson ruled late Thursday in favor of the state of Hawaii’s motion to overrule the Trump administration’s definition of “bona fide relationship.
Dept of Homeland Security Inspector General Treating Leaks Selectively
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth, an Obama appointee, is treating the February 24 leak of a draft DHS document central to the separate decisions by two federal judges revoking President Trump’s travel ban on March 15 differently than he did the April 2, 2015 unauthorized leak of private information about Rep. Jason Chaffetz from the employment files of the Secret Service.
