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To: From: Sent: Subject: Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] POLITICO Thur 5/25/2017 6:38:36 PM BREAKING NEWS: Appeals court keeps block on revised Trump travel ban The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an injunction blocking a key part of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban executive order. In a 10-3 vote that fell essentially along party lines, the judges refused to disturb a lower court ruling that barred the administration from proceeding with a plan to deny visas to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries. A panel of another federal appeals court-the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit-is considering whether to lift an even broader order blocking the enforcement of parts of Trump's directive. Trump issued his first executive order after it was largely halted in an earlier round of legal action. In March, he withdrew the previous foray and reissued narrowed version of the measure in March. The president billed both directives as a way to counter the threat of terrorism on U.S. soil, but critics have branded the orders as transparent attempts to carry out the "Muslim ban" Trump promised during last year's presidential campaign. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/appeals-court-keeps-block-on-revisedtrump-travel-ban-238834 To change your alert settings, please go to https://secure.politico.com/settings/settings This email was sent tojackson.ryan@epa.gov by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA Please click here and follow the steps to unsubscribe. Sierra Club v. EPA, 1:17-cv-01906 ED_001523_00004083-00001