Three federal appellate judges on Tuesday lobbed critical inquiries at those challenging and defending President Trump’s controversial immigration order — whose immediate fate now rests with the court. But it will be harder for the Trump administration to prevail at the high court if the appeals court rules that a nationwide halt is warranted. “It is extraordinary to enjoin the president’s national security determination based on some newspaper articles, and that’s what has happened here,” he said. [Federal appeals court decides to schedule a hearing on Trump travel order]Whichever side loses is sure to take the fight to the Supreme Court. “Noncompliance of a court order is very serious, especially where people’s lives are at stake,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2017 17:13 UTC