I can't tell you how many times Trump's Muslim travel ban has been blocked in court because, honestly, I lost count, but it's a lot!
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous ruling today affirming an injunction against Trump's ban.
"The order does not offer a sufficient justification to suspend the entry of more than 180 million people on the basis of nationality. National security is not a 'talismanic incantation' that, once invoked, can support any and all exercise of executive power." [...]
"The president must make a sufficient finding that the entry of these classes of people would be 'detrimental to the interests of the United States,'” the panel ruled. "Further, the order runs afoul of other provisions ... that prohibit nationality-based discrimination and require the president to follow a specific process when setting the annual cap on the admission of refugees."
The Ninth Circuit also cited Trump's own statements, including those he has bleated out on Twitter, to explain their ruling.
And in related news, Trump's tweets are now being cited at the Supreme Court.
Trump's "travel ban" tweetstorm is cited in the SCOTUS response filed by the ban's opponents https://t.co/jEL6y8idNf pic.twitter.com/0iVvENk8W9
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 12, 2017
The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court - & seek much tougher version!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
Keep tweeting, Donnie.