Updates | The Week of July 10, 2017
Britany Riley // 7/16/17 //
D-Hawaii Judge Derrick Watson punts Hawaii’s motion for clarification on EO ruling to SCOTUS; the Ninth Circuit punts it back (NYT, Politico, Lawfare).
- Read the district court’s initial order here.
- Read the Ninth Circuit opinion here.
- The Volokh Conspiracy’s Ilya Somin analyzes the rulings here and here.
- Dorf on Law considers Judge Watson’s position here.
- Read Hawaii’s renewed motion before Judge Watson here.
Hawaii and other travel ban challengers filed a brief arguing that the Administration is denying entry to foreign nationals and refugees who are legally eligible to enter the United States (Lyle Dennison Law News).
- The brief can be found here.
Is it ever permissible to consider religion in the admission or exclusion of aliens?, asks Christopher J. Hajec at SCOTUS Blog.
There is a battle emerging inside the Trump Administration over who controls immigration and refugee issues, reports Josh Rogin for the Washington Post.