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Nearly a week after a US federal judge in Seattle ordered a temporary halt to President Trump's executive order on immigration, the Ninth Circuit of the US Appeals Court has ruled against the ban. The appeals panel said the government presented no evidence to explain the urgent need for the executive order to be reinstated immediately.
The verdict comes after the Department of Justice filed an appeal in response to Judge James Robart's decision last Friday.
The 28-page verdict is a complete repudiation of the executive order that indefinitely suspended the Syrian refugee program as well as barred foreign nations from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a senior legal analyst told CNN.
An appeal to the US Supreme Court is possible and would likely place the decision in the hands of a divided court that has a vacancy, the Associated Press reported. Trump's SCOTUS nominee could not be confirmed in time to participate in any ruling of the ban.
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