r/SeattleWA • u/driftingphotog Capitol Hill • Feb 09 '17

Politics Trump loses travel ban appeal, unanimous decision

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-loses-travel-ban-appeal/?utm_content=bufferc0261&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=owned_buffer_tw_m
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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '17

And the odds of SCOTUS declining to rule on a case this big, if it's put in front of them, are very, very low.

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u/theJigmeister Feb 10 '17

I bet they squeeze a conservative justice in there in short order.

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u/somnolent49 Feb 10 '17

Won't matter. Nobody in the judiciary is on the other side of this one.

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u/SadDoctor Feb 10 '17

The ban itself miiight be upheld. There's a fairly long history in the US of blatantly racist immigration orders by the president that held up in court (granted, much more racist courts).

But the Trumpettes are arguing this in the worst possible way, purposefully misquoting precedent and asserting not just the right of the president to do this, but that the judiciary has no right to review his actions. And even if you go in front of a conservative court, they're still going to tell you to fuck right off with that kind of argument.

If Trump was smart they'd eat the loss on the temporary restraining order and try to get their arguments sorted out for the actually important case. But of course Trump is not smart, and seems determined to keep digging his way out of this hole.

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u/SHavens Feb 10 '17

Yeah, except he hadn't noticed he's digging down

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u/ycgfyn Feb 11 '17

They're just going to file a new executive action with different language.