SEATTLE, WA — (Update): The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals early Sunday denied the government's request to overturn a restraining order against President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order.

The ruling comes after 24 hours of legal wrangling between the state of Washington and the Trump administration. Judge James L. Robart granted Attorney General Bob Ferguson's motion for a restraining order in Seattle late Friday afternoon. The Department of Justice then filed its appeal in the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon. Trump Administration's request for immediate administrative stay DENIED. pic.twitter.com/R3tTRPyv3U

— WA Attorney General (@AGOWA) February 5, 2017 Meanwhile, Trump took to Twitter to criticize Robart, a George W. Bush appointee, calling him a "so-called judge." On Saturday night, Trump was asked by a reporter about the latest appeal, and he said simply, "We'll win."



The government argued that Robart's restraining order was too broad because the president has "unreviewable authority" over who can enter the U.S. "The district court's sweeping injunction should be stayed pending appeal. It conflicts with the basic principle that "an alien seeking initial admission to the United States requests a privilege and has no constitutional rights regarding his application, for the power to admit or exclude aliens is a sovereign prerogative'" the Trump administration's appeal reads. "It also contravenes the considered judgment of Congress that the President should have the unreviewable authority to suspend the admission of any class of aliens."

With the restraining order still in place, travelers from seven countries - Sudan, Syrian, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, and Somalia - banned from entering the U.S. may travel here. The restraining order also allows refugees to once again enter the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security is complying with the restraining order. 19717309446 by Feroze Dhano on Scribd

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SEATTLE, WA — A federal judge has granted Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson's motion for an immediate restraining order to put President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order on hold nationwide.

The restraining order bars federal officers from enforcing key parts of the ban, including the part that bans refugees from entering the U.S. The suspension of the executive order is in effect until Ferguson's larger lawsuit over the travel ban is heard in court. Judge James L. Robart made the ruling Friday afternoon after hearing arguments from the state and the Department of Justice, which represented the Trump administration. Robart said that the executive order has, in fact, harmed U.S. citizens, and should be put on hold.