The Washington state attorney-general Bob Ferguson said: “My message to President Trump is: not so fast” Getty ImagesUS states are joining Hawaii in opposing President Trump’s new travel ban, claiming that the revised order is too similar to the previous one. Washington, New York, Oregon and Massachusetts are among the states to mount a new challenge after Mr Trump signed a fresh executive order on Monday. Washington state, which led the successful movement to put a temporary stop to Mr Trump’s first order, is to argue in court that the new rules are so similar that the current restraining order should still apply. “My message to President Trump is: not so fast,” attorney-general Bob Ferguson said. “After spending more than a month to fix a broken order that he rushed out the door, the president’s new order reinstates several of the same…
Source: The Times March 10, 2017 09:00 UTC