California on Monday joined Washington and other states as a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's latest travel ban as an unconstitutional overreach, state Atty. The lawsuit that California joined Monday says the narrower, temporary ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries represents unconstitutional religious discrimination. California is joining Washington, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Massachusetts and Minnesota in challenging the new travel order. The state’s legal brief makes a case that California is harmed by the new travel ban. “The Second Executive Order will harm California by reducing investment and industry in California and decreasing travel by students, scholars, and tourists,” the legal filing says.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 13, 2017 12:02 UTC