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Challenge that? that s not what the order does here. washington state solicited general ordered a muslim ban was the exact intention of the order. how do you infer that desire if, in fact, the vast majority of muslims are unaffected? well, your honor, in part you can infer it from intent evidence. there are statements we ve quoted in the complaint that are rather shocking evidence of intent to discriminate against muslims given that we haven t had any discovery yet to find out what else might have been said in private. and the court is expected to rule this week on whether to restore the travel ban. let s get more on that. we have a reporter for politico europe. this was the most gripping conference call in the nation s history. talk me through both arguments. who you thought had the upper hand here. right. ....
President trump travel ban would throw the u.s. into chaos. that was just one of the arguments he made to a u.s. appeals court on tuesday. the justice department attorneys maintain national security decisions belong to the president, not to the court. they faced intense questions over whether the president s ban amounts to a muslim ban. lawyers war washington state say that was the intent of the order. the court is expected to make a decision this week on whether to restore the travel ban or leave that stay in place. although it s currently suspended a trump administration travel ban, it s raising concerns about thousands of refugees who are in at the process of being resettled in the united states. joining us now to talk about what is the u.n. scommissioner. as you heard from my colleagues, the u.s. appeals court has heard arguments on whether to ....
Is good enough. in other words that the state of washington has standing into court and make that argument. i don t think they re going to dismiss it on that ground. we ll have to wait and see what their decision is. and this is simply to keep the stay in place? it s not actually about the constitutionality of the executive order itself? that s correct. but one of the issues is whether the state of washington is likely to win on the merits. on the merits of what wi? the constitutional argument. so the court is making an early decision, saying, we think this is unstaushl, if they choose to uphold the lower court order. so they re not making a final ruling but giving you a pretty good indication of where it would turn out. as always, lisa bloom, thanks so much, civil rights attorney at the bloom firm. thanks for being with us. thanks, john. so we have the situation, the ....
Crises. i do not believe ultimately that this is a joint american area which can be worked on with regard to taking on iran in a confrontational manner. josh, thank you for coming in. thank you. now the fate of donald trump s travel ban is in the hands of three federal judges. the arguments made for and against the order. we ll have that ahead right here on cnn. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. ....
Temporary travel ban is in court before the judges. we ve heard from the secretary of homeland security john kelly before congress on tuesday. he took responsibility for some of the confusion and some of the problems caused by this executive order. in retrospect, i should have, this is all on me, by the way, i should have delayed it just a bit, so that i could talk to members of congress, particularly the leadership of committees like this, to prepare them for what was coming. we did have to step back and kinda recaulk in that first 24-hour period, because of action by one of the federal courts. ethan, at least someone within the trump administration is willing to admit the very least the rollout of the order wasn t especially great. yeah, secretary kelly did a great job as a good general. he fell on the sword for the trump administration, that rolled this out without proper planning, without proper communication, it wasn t a well thought out executive order, and that s why it s ....