Pierce County prosecutor not surprised by ruling on travel ban

Trump tweeted Thursday minutes after the San Francisco appeals court handed down its ruling.

“I expected this was an issue that was nearly guaranteed to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court”, Lindquist said while on KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don Show.

He told reporters that the ruling was “a political decision” and predicted that his administration would win an appeal, “in my opinion, very easily”.

On Friday, one judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made a request that a vote be taken by the full court to consider whether to rehear the decision made by the three-judge panel on Thursday.

The ruling came in a challenge to Mr Trump’s order filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota.

Asked if his intention is to issue a new executive order, Trump said, “It very well could be”. But temporary restraining orders are brief, and Robart is beginning to arrange a hearing for a preliminary injunction, which could stay in place much longer, according to USA Today.

Clapper said that both he and trump “agreed that [the leaks] are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security”.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who fought the executive order, shot back, “Well, we have seen him in court twice and we are two-for-two”. Trump is seeking to protect the American people and the left goes to their favorite left wing judges to give them exactly what they want.

Trump had been outspoken in his criticism of the case, calling Robart a “so-called judge” on Twitter, and on Wednesday warning that “if the USA does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled”.

The panel declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the order and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the U.S. The same forces that created the administrative states and destroyed the school system in this country, destroyed the courts.

The administration argued that the courts do not have access to the same classified information about threats to the country that the president does.

The three judges said the states had shown that even temporary reinstatement of the ban would cause harm.

The Justice Department argued to the court Tuesday that the executive action should not be subject to judicial review because the president of the United States has broad legal authority granted by the Constitution and Congress to act in the national interest. In that case, the Ninth Circuit’s decision would stand.

Campaigners opposed to Donald Trump’s travel ban are celebrating after the White House said it would not challenge an appeals court ruling in the Supreme Court. The high court still has only eight members since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia – four conservative and four liberal justices.

The Supreme Court remains short-handed and could deadlock.

Meanwhile, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the legal dispute could still reach the US Supreme Court.