The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pounded the brethren’s gavel last Thursday against the Republican administration’s assimilation ban of immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations on the administration’s list of terror-sponsoring states.
The three judges of the San-Francisco-based Ninth Circuit, among the most liberal in the nation, struck down the administration’s appeal to immediately restore the presidential executive order imposing the controversial travel ban. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-live-updates-9th-circuit-arguments-trump-travel-ban-2017-htmlstory.html
The appeal arose from US District Judge James Robart in Seattle granting …show more content…
However, more than a dozen nationals from these countries have shown up repeatedly in terror attacks from coast-to-coast including San Bernadino, Boston, Orlando, and New York. Osama bin Laden was a Saudi citizen, and his top deputies, including the current leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were Egyptian.
Case Brief: Writ of Certiorari to the US Supreme Court and Other Statutory Options
Following the issuance of the Ninth Circuit’s denial of the government’s appeal, US President Donald Trump thundered on Twitter about swift justice in the courts which was interpreted by legal pundits as seeking an appeal to the US Supreme Court to grant the writ of certiorari for expedited review of the order of the Ninth Circuit similar to the truncated appellate process in the Panama Papers case.
The curve ball of an appeal to the US Supreme Court for the administration involves the possibility of a split decision (4-4) among the justices which results in affirmance of the lower court. However, bypassing the intricacies of the appellate process, the White House this weekend also indicated exploring other available options, including issuing a new executive order with slight modifications to overcome anticipated legal