Government has until Monday evening to justify U.S. president’s executive order
The Associated Press Posted: Feb 06, 2017 3:17 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 06, 2017 7:03 AM ET
Lawyers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again.”
The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came early Monday after the White House said it expected the federal courts to reinstate the ban.