Appeals Court Refuses To Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The executive order to temporarily ban travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries may be headed to the Supreme Court.
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously Thursday night that the ban that was halted last week should not be restarted while the courts figure out if it's legal.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter shortly after the ruling.
"The ban itself was wrong from the beginning in my opinion," Abdisalam Adam said.
When Minnesota joined Washington to sue to lift the travel ban, Adam was holding out hope it would mark the beginning of the end of President Trump's executive order. An Imam at Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Minneapolis, he said he personally knows families that were affected.
"Everybody is feeling a sense of relief and joy that the system is working and this is the America that we know," Adam said.
After the ruling, Attorney General Lori Swanson released affidavits that she said show how a number of Minnesota institutions that have been impacted. That includes the Board of Medical Practice which has licensed 275 physicians from the seven countries identified in the ban.
"The Trump Administration, once this is argued out, is probably going to lose," Hamline University law professor David Shultz said.
Schultz said the reason he doesn't think the Trump Administration would win if they went to the Supreme Court, is because they would need five votes, and they likely only have four right now.
"It doesn't look like the Trump Administration has a lot of wiggle room at this point," Schultz said.
But Keith Downey, chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, disagrees.
"The 9th Circuit is a liberal court, they are the most reversed court in the country," said Downey.
Downey believes the ban is designed to keep Americans safe, and he thinks the president will win out in the end.
"Everyone, including our immigrant and refugee communities have a vested interest in making sure of the people coming into our country. They are hurt too when terrorists slip in," said Downey.