Another US court rules against ‘Muslim ban’

A second US appeals court today ruled against President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority countries, largely upholding a lower court’s decision.

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was reviewed a March ruling by a Hawaii-based federal judge that blocked parts of Trump’s order. The ruling came after a separate court, the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, on 25 May upheld a Maryland judge’s ruling blocking parts of the order.

On 1 June, the Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to block the Hawaii and Richmond rulings and revive the ban.