IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s revised effort to suspend travel to the U.S. for people from six Muslim-majority countries faces its biggest legal test to date Monday [5-8-17], as a federal appeals court in Virginia considers whether the president’s executive order should remain on hold because of concerns about religious discrimination.
The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, will hear arguments at 2:30 p.m. on the administration’s appeal to reinstate Mr. Trump’s revised executive order, which he signed March 6. The measure sought to temporarily bar U.S. entry to travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, which the president said was necessary to fight terrorism.
The order also sought to suspend the admission of refugees to the U.S. Civil-rights and immigrant-rights groups, as well as some states, have challenged Mr. Trump’s travel restrictions, which aren’t in effect…
This is the second chapter of litigation on Mr. Trump’s efforts to close U.S. borders to some travelers, setting up an escalating clash between the White House and the courts. The president has been unusually blunt in criticizing the judges who have ruled against him so far.”
-Brent Kendall, “Federal Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on Trump’s Revised Travel Ban,” The Wall Street Journal online, May 8, 2017 9:20am