IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court refused Thursday [5-25-17] to reinstate President Trump’s revised travel ban, saying it ‘drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.’
The decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., was a fresh setback for the administration’s efforts to limit travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.
The vote was 10 to 3. The court divided along ideological lines, with the three Republican appointees in dissent.
Writing for the majority, Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory said Mr. Trump’s statements on the campaign trail concerning Muslims showed that the revised order was the product of religious hostility. Such discrimination, he wrote, violates the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion.”
-Adam Liptak, “Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump’s Revised Travel Ban,” The New York Times online, May 25, 2017