Follow up to previous postings and related primary, secondary sources and commentary on travel ban issues by Executive Order – Responses to immigrant ban include legal stay and legislation – see the following updates:

New York Times – Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss: “The decision is the most stinging judicial rebuke to President’s Trump efforts to tighten the standards for entry into the United States. It is likely to be quickly appealed to the United States Supreme Court.”

• Three-judge panel ruled the administration “has not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its appeal, nor has it shown that the failure to enter a stay would cause irreparable injury.”
• Text of the decision, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
• CBSNews.com: “The contentious hearing before three judges on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals focused narrowly on whether a restraining order issued by a lower court should remain in effect while a challenge to the ban proceeds. But the judges also jumped into the larger constitutional questions surrounding Trump’s order, which temporarily suspended the nation’s refugee program and immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries that have raised terrorism concerns.The hearing was conducted by phone – an unusual step – and broadcast live on cable networks, newspaper websites and various social media outlets. It attracted a huge audience, with more than 130,000 alone tuned in to the court’s YouTube site to hear audio…”
• Response from President Trump on Twitter – “SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!” [no emphasis added]
• The Washington Post – 7 key take-aways from the court’s ruling on Trump’s immigration order
• 10 Takeaways from the Ninth Circuit Thoughts on the appeals court ruling against Trump’s Travel Ban