The state of Washington will become the second jurisdiction to challenge Donald Trump’s revised travel ban as the backlash against the president’s new order intensifies around the US. In an indication that this challenge has become the major focal point of the continued legal resistance to Trump’s order, several other Democratic states have requested to join the lawsuit. Trump’s second order, a watered-down version of the first, bars visa applications from six Muslim-majority countries and places a temporary halt on America’s refugee resettlement program. The Washington case contends that Trump’s ban is in violation of the US constitution’s first amendment’s equal protection clause. Once a new motion is filed, Judge Robart will have to rule on whether the temporary restraining order currently in effect can be applied to Trump’s second order.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2017 21:41 UTC