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Reducing its oral ruling to something written and clear, to make exactly clear what it means for visa-holders who are in a kind of unjust and unconstitutional limbo at the moment. >> jeffrey toobin, do you have a sense of how quickly things can move forward? >> oh, this could go really fast, anderson. they could go over the weekend, you know. when i say that, they can ask for emergency relief over the weekend. theres no guarantee theyll get it, but certainly, the justice department can be in cou...

Hear it and if theres a disagreement among the appellate courts they can step in but the litigation can absolutely take longer than the ban itself. >> jeffrey, were having this conversation at the end of a week which saw the new president make his selection for replacement for the seat that had been held for antonin scalia. is it ultimately the supreme court that will have to determine the outcome in this case? >> well, the supreme court could choose not to get involved, but if there is a seriou...

These seven countries that want to do harm. there are people who want to destroy not only our way of life, but to be quite matter of fact, in its reels. so the president understanding the weight of the world, especially on our homeland is acting, putting in actionable things in this executive order to have a stay on travel. and to do extreme vetting to make sure that those who are coming into the country are who they say they are, theyre going to do what they say theyre going to do. and ultimate...

The next couple days? do the other states all go along? do they have a choice? can you explain? >> what happens is this executive order is not in effect now. and i think this is more common than perhaps paul is suggesting. it just happened to president obama in texas. remember, the texas opponents of his immigration executive, that is, president obamas, got a district judge in brownsville, texas, to say that executive order was not in effect. it was appealed to the 5th circuit, and the 5th circu...

Reached a completely opposite conclusion in other courts and other circuits reached other different conclusions and it goes up in the supreme court and the supreme court is at a draw, then yes. in theory, those cases go back down and the appellate court holding stands. but it raises the question and im not sure anyone knows what exactly will happen with this particular case if many different circuits are left after going to the supreme court in a state of split. >> thank you so much for the time...

Point is an oral order from the bench that sort of relayed to us by the litigants. we havent seen any paper yet. and this is a government not only of laws but of paper, and theyre going to need that paper to enact or carry through on any judges order. right now, all of this order is apocriphal. >> anderson, i think people would be foolish to jump on airplanes to come to the united states when over the weekend, this could be reversed. and although everybody has said things like this have happened...

Visas, i think homeland security has a role in sorting those out. as you know, however, this case in the state of washington, and in minnesota, was -- that decision was one judge, whereas, the contrary decision in massachusetts was made by a collection of judges, an appe appellate court. owe if youre the supreme court, you may say the one in massachusetts really has a higher value because more than one judge made the decision. but i dont know that. and i would say that what the white house is go...

Allen higginbotham. the governor says the president is bound by this order and by this judge. >> first of all, i think its very important, the white house statement, the white house statement could have said that the president is going to follow the order of the massachusetts judge and he could have caused a major confrontation with the washington judge. its very important that the white house said no, the president is going to appeal the order to the ninth circuit. thats the way it should be. w...

Different circuits in the nation. with regard to the travel ban that has just been stayed by the judge on the west coast, to what circuit is this going and what is their reputation? >> im not going to be able to game that one out right away. but i can say the majority of the circuits are controlled by democratic appointees and the majority of federal district judges are democratic appointees. it will take a long time for the senate to tip that balance. there are many, many potential blocks to th...

There are other judges against this order. >> legal challenges certainly if you are with the trump administration and if youre against the trump administration 16 attorneys general as you know condemning the executive order, a handful of them actually taking legal action along the way here, matt. in some cases here as we look at all these states, theres rulings that are in favor of the executive order, rulings against it, this means were problem going to go to the supreme court. how fast? how so...