Story highlights The new executive order does not go into effect until March 16Lawyers for the challengers say the new travel ban suffers from the same "constitutional and statutory defects" as the original one(CNN) Hawaii is not wasting any time challenging President Donald Trump's new travel ban. Attorneys for the state explained in court filings Tuesday that they intend to file a motion Wednesday asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the new executive order -- and fast. Trump signed a new executive order Monday banning foreign nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for 90 days and banning all refugees for 120 days. "To be sure, the new executive order covers fewer people than the old one," Neal Katyal, one of the lead attorneys for Hawaii, said in an interview with CNN. But in his view, the new travel ban still "suffers from the same constitutional and statutory defects."

Source: CNN March 08, 2017 01:06 UTC