Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump’s Travel Ban

The Hill reports:

A Richmond, Va.-based federal appeals court on Thursday refused to reinstate President Trump’s ban on nationals from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S., delivering a major blow to the Trump administration.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling that Trump’s executive order “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.”

BREAKING: We won in 4th circuit Muslim ban case! More to come.

— ACLU National (@ACLU) May 25, 2017

BREAKING: 4th Circuit largely affirms nationwide injunction blocking Trump travel ban https://t.co/GYZGcjPoAi pic.twitter.com/0vRlp8B36d

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 25, 2017

4th Circuit: "Congress granted the President broad power to deny
entry to aliens, but that power is not absolute." https://t.co/5fOLxDe5MN pic.twitter.com/v0Rfl33UHG

— Jacob Gershman (@jacobgershman) May 25, 2017

Majority opinion says Trump's travel ban order "drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination"

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) May 25, 2017

MORE: 4th circuit court of appeals rules to uphold decision blocking President Trump's executive order on travel https://t.co/bqGMWMf6ev

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 25, 2017