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| The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld most aspects of a block on President Donald Trump's contentious travel ban. | |
| The court's decision is the latest blow to Mr Trump's efforts to shut down travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. The President has attempted to instal two travel bans since taking his oath of office, but judges across the country quickly instated nationwide holds on those executive orders. | |
| The 9th Circuit Court, which has jurisdiction over matters in western US districts, is joined by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in upholding injunctions opposing Mr Trump's travel ban. The 4th Circuit Court voted to uphold the block last month, saying that while the President has broad powers to regulate who can enter the country, Mr Trump's travel ban was overtly motivated by religious intolerance and discrimination. | |
| Ninth Circuit judges wrote in their decision that "immigration, even for the president, is not a one-person show." | |
| "We conclude that the President, in issuing the Executive Order, exceeded the scope of the authority delegated to him by Congress," they wrote. | |
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