The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on Friday that President Trump’s travel ban violates federal law and goes beyond “the scope of his delegated authority.”

The ban, which targets people from six Muslim-majority countries, should not be applied to people with strong US connections, the court said.

The court said that they would put the decision on hold pending another decision on the ban by the US Supreme Court.

“For the third time, we are called upon to assess the legality of the President’s efforts to bar over 150 million nationals of six Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States or being issued immigrant visas that they would ordinarily be qualified to receive,” read the ruling from the 9th Circuit Court.

“The Proclamation, like its predecessor executive orders, relies on the premise that the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) vested the President with broad powers to regulate the entry of aliens. Those powers, however, are not without limit. We conclude that the President’s issuance of the Proclamation once again exceeds the scope of his delegated authority.”

The latest ban by the Trump Administration is the 3rd iteration of their attempt to restrict travel from countries they have deemed to be havens for terrorism.

Critics charge that the ban is tailored specifically to discriminate against Muslim immigrants.

With Post wires