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Trump's own words doomed any legal justification his lawyers could have offered in this case with the majority of the judges finding quote that then candidate trump's campaign statements revealed that on numerous occasions he expressed anti-muslim sentiment, as well as intent to ban muslims from the united states. the justice department vowed thursday not to back down after this loss, saying quote, the department of justice strongly disagrees with the decision of the divided court which blocks the president's efforts to strengthen national security and will seek more determination in the u.s. ...

The supreme court. it was interesting to see these judges go back to the campaign statements. joe, to your point, there is a lot of doctrine that supports that presidents can change their mind and they're not bound to things they say on the campaign trail. you have two federal appeal courts who looked back to the campaign statements as a context saying that makes these six countries -- the ban never says the word "muslim" anywhere in it. while not on its face doing t t that, they say they read that as animus, as a context. >> jonathan, listen, there are so many things to talk about here. first...

Justification his lawyers could have offered in this case with the majority of the judges finding that "then candidate trump's campaign statements reveal that on numerous occasions he expressed anti-muslim sentiment as well as his intent, if elected, to ban muslims from the united states." the justice department vowed late thursday not to back down after this loss, saying, "the department of justice strongly disagrees with the decision of the divided court, which blocks the president's efforts to strengthen this country's national security and will seek review of this case in the united states...

Then candidate trump's campaign statements revealed on many occasions, he expressed anti-muslim sentiment and intent to ban muslims from the united states. the justice department vowed not to back down after the loss saying, quote, the department of justice disagree ws with the order. >> laura jarrett, thank you. let's get a check of cnn money stream. record highs on wall street for the nasdaq and s&p. dow is 33 points shy from the high. amazon and google just short of the high. and gm class action lawsuit claiming the pickup truck are programmed to cheat. the stock fell 2% on the news.

>> reporter: another significant setback for the trump administration in this ongoing legal drama over the president's travel ban. this time, a majority of judges on the fourth circuit court of appeals upholding a lower court's decision to indefinitely halt the ban, finding that it likely violates the constitution because its primary purpose was to disfavor muslims. the court's ruling on this was lengthy and scathing, explaining in part that congress granted the president broad powers, but when it comes to immigration, the president's power can't go unchecked. the trump administration had trie...