IT TOOK the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 70 days to issue its ruling in International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) v Trump, a challenge to Donald Trump’s third attempt to ban travel from countries he deems threatening to America. We now know what took the 13 judges so long: the decision, released on February 15th, includes eight opinions spanning 285 pages. Travel ban 3.0 remains a poorly masked reflection of the president’s disdain for Muslims, the court found by a 9-4 vote. Contempt for and irrational fear of a religious group cannot be squared, Chief Judge Roger Gregory wrote, with the First Amendment’s bar on religious discrimination.
The rebuke to Mr Trump follows a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last month. Unlike the Ninth Circuit decision, which limited its analysis to whether the president’s travel rules exceed his authority...Continue reading
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