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Donald Trump given 24 hour deadline to respond to 'Muslim ban' ruling US appeals court denies Donald Trump's request to reinstate travel ban
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Donald Trump's administration have been given 24 hours to file a counter-response after a federal appeals court denied the Justice Department's request to immediate reinstate his "Muslim ban". A federal appeals court has denied Donald Trump's request to immediately reinstate his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
The administration appealed a temporary order restraining the ban nationwide, saying the federal judge in Seattle overreached by "second-guessing" the president on a matter of national security. The Department of Homeland Security suspended all enforcement of Mr Trump's immigration ban following a nationwide locking of the executive order from federal judge James Robart in Washington.
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has asked challengers of the ban to respond to the appeal and for the Justice Department to file a counter-response within 24 hours. Mr Trump called the order from the "so-called" judge "ridiculous". 
Acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco forcefully argued Saturday night that the president alone has the power to decide who can enter or stay in the United States — an assertion that appeared to invoke the wider battle to come over illegal immigration.  However, the White House said the government would adhere to the court's ruling until the Justice Department intervenes.
"The power to expel or exclude aliens is a fundamental sovereign attribute, delegated by Congress to the executive branch of government and largely immune from judicial control," the brief says.  But the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied the Justice Department's request, and instead asked both the state of Washington and the Trump administration to file more arguments at the start of next week. 
Earlier Saturday, the government officially suspended the ban's enforcement in compliance with the order of district judge James Robart. The higher court's denial of an immediate stay means legal battles over the ban will continue into the coming week at least. 
It marks an extraordinary setback for the new president, who only a week ago acted to suspend America's refugee program and halt immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries the government said raise terrorism concerns.  Acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco forcefully argued in the government's brief that presidential authority is "largely immune from judicial control" when it comes to deciding who can enter or stay in the United States. 
Mr Trump, meanwhile, mocked Mr Robart, who was appointed by President George W Bush, calling him a "so-called judge" whose "ridiculous" ruling "will be overturned."  The Justice Department asked that the federal judge's order be stayed pending resolution of the appeal, so that the ban can "ensure that those approved for admission do not intend to harm Americans and that they have no ties to terrorism." 
"Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision," he tweeted.  "We'll win," Mr Trump said at the start of the weekend. "For the safety of the country, we'll win." 
In his written order, Mr Robart said it is not the court's job to "create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the other two branches," but rather to make sure that an action taken by the government "comports with our country's laws."
Mr Trump's executive order sought to ban all travellers from the seven countries — Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — for 90 days and suspended the US's refugee program for 120 days.
It also indefinitely suspended Syrian refugees from entering the US.