Q&A: A look at latest legal loss for Trump travel ban
SEATTLE — A Virginia-based federal appeals court pulled no punches in refusing to reinstate President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, with judges in the 10-3 majority calling the administration’s action discriminatory and its reasoning nonsensical.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Thursday upheld a Maryland judge’s decision to block the travel ban from taking effect. It was the first appeals court to weigh in on the travel ban.
A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit is expected to rule soon after hearing arguments in Seattle this month, and the issue is likely to reach the Supreme Court.
Here’s a look at what the 4th Circuit decided and what might come next.