{"id":8538,"date":"2017-03-16T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:50:10","slug":"federal-judge-in-hawaii-freezes-trumps-new-muslim-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/federal-judge-in-hawaii-freezes-trumps-new-muslim-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge in Hawaii freezes Trump\u2019s new Muslim ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/justice2.jpg\" data-wp-pid=\"11586\" alt=\"Blog Article Related Image\" width=\"250\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"7\" \/><b>WashPo<\/b> &#8211; A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday issued a sweeping freeze of President Trump\u2019s new executive order hours before it would have temporarily barred the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries and suspended the admission of new refugees.<\/p>\n<p>In a blistering 43-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson pointed to Trump\u2019s own comments and those of his close advisers as evidence that his order was meant to discriminate against Muslims and declared there was a \u201cstrong likelihood of success\u201d that those suing would prove the directive violated the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Watson declared that \u201ca reasonable, objective observer \u2014 enlightened by the specific historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events leading to its issuance \u2014 would conclude that the Executive Order was issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lambasted the government, in particular, for asserting that because the ban did not apply to all Muslims in the world, it could not be construed as discriminating against Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe illogic of the Government\u2019s contentions is palpable,\u201d Watson wrote. \u201cThe notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only by targeting all of them at once is fundamentally flawed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/social-issues\/lawyers-face-off-on-trump-travel-ban-in-md-court-wednesday-morning\/2017\/03\/14\/b2d24636-090c-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.d1c10ccea65f\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WashPo &#8211; A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday issued a sweeping freeze of President Trump\u2019s new executive order hours before it would have temporarily barred the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries and suspended the admission of new refugees. 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