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To, quote, vigorously defend our duty of the executive branch. chief legal correspondent ari melber and in washington, law professor at george washington university, jonathan terley. professor, i'll start with you, if i could. what's your reaction to the ruling and the way it was written yesterday? >> it's a stinging defeat. i don't actually agree with what the court did. they took a case called mandel from 1972 and twisted it in a way that i would be surprised if the justices themselves didn't find that troubling. that case said that you should, in fact, look at the face of these types of ord...

Trump's campaign statements, he voiced anti-muslim sentiments. the justice department vowed not to back down after this loss, saying quote, the department of justice strongly disagrees with the decision which blocks the president's efforts to strengthen national security and will seek review in this case in the united states supreme court. dave, thank you. and we should note the united states circuit court of appeals is also evaluating the case as well. and three judges are considering whether to halt the revised ban in hawaii. all right, the cleveland cavs and the warriors will meet for t...

When did the united states become the bad guy and all of this? >> how the courts have ruled on the travel ban for the president, it's fascinating to watch. clearly what they are doing is rather than focus in on what the words are within the law, they decide to go back to president trump's campaign statements and use that as part of their argument to uphold the injunction on the travel ban. here's the reality that we have, the fact that you saw former fbi director james comey -- former obama administration officials basically very concerned about the fact that you can't vent individuals coming ...

Be the intent, the practical impact of the travel ban is that its first of all inappropriate constitutionally and won't have any impact on barring isis fighters from making their way to the united states. >> it's interesting, ambassador, you mentioned something really significant which is, what does he choose to emphasize before different audiences. clearly some forethought there. this was also raised directly in the legal proceedings about has the president ever backed down from the older anti-muslim rhetoric. his attorney at the doj who will probably argue this before the supreme court, curr...

> >> he also argued that it doesn't say anything about religion. however during the obama administration, he said president trump has renewed his controversial statements while president. >> we wouldn't be standing here if it was just campaign statements on its own. the president rekindled those statements through his actions as president in two different respects. first, when he issued the first executive order, he read the title of the executive order, looked up at the camera and said, we all know what that means. when he issued both executive orders, he left on his website that very stateme...