Dahlia Lithwick

Seattle federal judge halts Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban

February 3, 2017 by Michael Boyle

Here’s Dahlia Lithwick in Slate reporting on the news out of Seattle tonight:

On Friday night, in the most stinging and widespread rebuke to the new administration so far, a federal judge in Seattle ordered a nationwide stay on President Trump’s week-old executive order barring travelers from seven countries from entering the U.S., Reuters reported.Unlike the judicial orders already in place, the order entered by Judge James Robart (a George W. Bush appointee, in case you’re keeping score) went to the heart of the executive order, requiring that the travel restrictions be stayed immediately. Federal officers are barred from enforcing the parts of the ban that target immigrants from those seven countries and refugees, and that grant exemptions to refugees on the basis of their religion.

Source: Seattle federal judge halts Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban

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Dahlia Lithwick in Slate

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Dahlia Lithwick in Slate

on the gay marriage decision in Massachussetts: Holy Matrimony – What’s really undermining the sanctity of marriage? “Here’s my modest request: If you’re going to be a crusader for the sanctity of marriage – if you really believe gay marriage will have some vast corrosive, viral impact on marriage as a whole – here’s a brief list of other laws and policies far more dangerous to the institution. Go after these first, then pass your constitutional amendment.”