Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of Trump’s travel ban, which had affected some visa holders and all refugees planning to settle in the U.S. In the ABC interview, the vice president avoided comment on Trump’s highly unusual personal attack on the Seattle judge, James Robart. Pence defended the decision-making process behind the travel ban, one of a flurry of executive orders in Trump’s first days in the Oval Office. The legal fight over the travel ban will continue in the coming days. Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union say they hope to overturn the travel ban on constitutional grounds.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2017 18:00 UTC