Bloomberg Law
March 16, 2017, 2:11 PM UTC

Trump’s Second Bid at Travel Ban Knocked Down by Two Judges

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By Kartikay Mehrotra, Erik Larson and Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg News

First in Hawaii, then Maryland — a pair of judges halted President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban before it could be enforced, slamming it for discriminating against Muslims and handing the administration another setback on a core campaign issue.

Decisions by federal judges Derrick Watson and Theodore Chuang blocked a 90-day ban on new visa approvals for people from six Muslim-majority nations. After Watson issued a temporary ban Wednesday on the entire order, Chuang reinforced the decision by halting enforcement of a single paragraph aimed at stopping the entry of ...

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