At a White House news conference on Thursday, Trump said the new order would seek to address concerns raised by federal appeals court judges, who temporarily blocked his original travel ban. The Justice Department asked the court to vacate that ruling once the administration has rescinded its original order and issued a new one. Legal uncertaintyTrump’s decision to issue a new directive plunges court proceedings over his earlier order into uncertainty. “Today’s court filing by the federal government recognizes the obvious - the president’s current executive order violates the Constitution,” Ferguson said, in a statement. His original order barred people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2017 04:38 UTC