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babylonsister

(171,070 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 09:57 PM Jan 2017

A Federal Judge Just Issued A Stay Against Donald Trump's "Muslim Ban"

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/muslim-ban-federal-court


A Federal Judge Just Issued A Stay Against Donald Trump's "Muslim Ban"

Ben Dreyfuss
Jan. 28, 2017
8:50 PM


A federal judge in Brooklyn just issued an emergency stay against the implementation of Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from certain middle eastern countries.

The lawsuit was brought by the ACLU on behalf of two men detained at JFK airport in New York. The men were subsequently released.

You can read the ACLU's original complaint below:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/muslim-ban-federal-court
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A Federal Judge Just Issued A Stay Against Donald Trump's "Muslim Ban" (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2017 OP
Being reported now on MSNBC. femmocrat Jan 2017 #1
The protest seems to be growing! triron Jan 2017 #2

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
1. Being reported now on MSNBC.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 09:58 PM
Jan 2017

Chris Hayes is covering the developments on the ground.

Chris called it the "FIRST LEGAL DEFEAT" over the trump administration. (He sounds very excited.)

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