Sessions Says DOJ Will Seek Supreme Court Review of Travel Ban
- Appeals court’s ruling is latest setback to president’s agenda
- Executive order still being weighed by San Francisco court
Trump Travel Ban Blocked by Federal Court Again
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The Justice Department vowed to challenge an appeals court ruling that slammed a travel ban against six Muslim majority nations as being "steeped in animus," putting President Donald Trump on track for his first Supreme Court showdown.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the administration “strongly disagrees” with the court’s refusal Thursday to lift a nationwide freeze on the ban. The judges said the directive “drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.”