June 30, 2017

Statement from MacArthur Justice Center on Ninth Circuit Decision to Uphold Block of Trump Travel Ban

‘The President’s Order was premised upon long-expressed hatred toward people of the Muslim faith. But the Ninth Circuit correctly recognized that you don’t even need to get that far in the analysis to strike it down—the Order fails out of the gate because it exceeds the President’s authority under the law. In other words, the Fourth Circuit recognized that the President is not above the Constitution. The Ninth Circuit recognized that the he is not above our other laws, either.’