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Any indication which of your constitutional claims or other claims, your establishment clause claim, your equal protection claim, which of those were substantially likely for you to prevail on and which maybe he didnt think you were as likely to prevail on? >> thats a good question. it was an oral ruling. we expect a written opinion from the judge this weekend is what he said, in part to allow the federal government to appeal quickly, if they wanted to. so, im working off memory from what was, a...

>> exactly. so, there were a lot of republicans who feel the way this was rolled out -- forget they, "a," dont like the substance. more than 20 republicans on the record saying they dont like the substance. many, many more saying the botched rollout of this actually impedes their ability to get a domestic agenda through because this is slowing down the trump administration. >> kingston, from the trump administration side, they could go to court this weekend, get this overturned possibly, and con...

>> thats a fascinating question, because if the 9th circuit rules against the trump administration it goes to the supreme court. the 9th circuits ruling will be the first one that gets there. that would become, technically, the law of the land. so people are going to come to realize pretty quickly, having a 4-4 split ideologically on the supreme court as we currently do, can have a big impact on the nation. >> speaking of splits, this is exactly the kind of thing that the supreme court looks for...

Where you had green card holders and so on, there was just so much confusion with the rollout of this, you know, you had so many republicans up on capitol hill who have been pretty supportive of this president all along scratching their heads and saying, hey, wait a minute, this was just not handled properly. so, with this ruling, this temporary restraining order out in washington state, i would imagine the white house is going to act fairly quickly here to get this appealed, because this could ...

Visas are just as good as they were before this board -- [ inaudible ] -- the trump administration was issued. >> from what we hear from the attorney general in washington tonight, this was a verbal ruling by the judge. they are awaiting either a short, written judgment and a longer one perhaps this weekend. but just in terms of the timing, professor tribe, if the department of justice decides to bring this to the 9th circuit, how quickly can they go about doing that and get a ruling? >> if i ha...

[ everyone talking at once ] -- taking effect immediately. >> but are you aware that thats been done as we speak? >> i have not seen it, but the judge was crystal clear in his oral ruling today. he did say that he would have a more extensive, written order subsequently this weekend. >> this weekend, all right. >> yeah, it could be as soon as tonight, but yes, he made it clear that he was going to be executing this tonight. it may be short in terms of the execution tonight. my apologies if i wasn...

Is aware of this ruling out in washington state. we understand that a statement could be coming, that theyre working on a statement, but no word yet as to when that is going to come. but we should point out, the trump administration is very confident that this is going to hold up in court. the office of legal counsel with the trump administration put out a guidance saying that they felt this executive order was legal. but keep in mind, from a legal standpoint, this has been very controversial al...

So its too soon to tell exactly what the implications are. >> all right, laura jarrett, appreciate that. joining us by phone, the individual at the center of all this, washington attorney general bob ferguson. mr. attorney general, i appreciate you joining us. >> thank you, anderson. >> can you explain, first of all, exactly what the judges ruling has been? >> its pretty straightforward. judge robe yaarts grant ad our request for a temporary restraining order, which as you heard, has the effect ...