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Travel Ban Faces Scrutiny From Judges Who Blocked It Before AP

Travel Ban Faces Scrutiny From Judges Who Blocked It Before

Hawaii’s challenge to the restrictions was heard in Seattle on Wednesday.

Fight Over Trump Travel Restrictions Back To Appeals Courts AP

Fight Over Trump Travel Restrictions Back To Appeals Courts

Hawaii’s challenge goes before a three-judge panel in Seattle on Wednesday.

Supreme Court Urged To Deny Trump Plea To Enforce Full Travel Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Supreme Court Urged To Deny Trump Plea To Enforce Full Travel Ban

“The justification for that dramatic relief has only weakened,” Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin wrote in papers filed Tuesday.

Appeals Court Allows Partial Enforcement Of Trump Travel Ban Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Appeals Court Allows Partial Enforcement Of Trump Travel Ban

But it cannot be enforced against people with “bona fide” relationships with individuals or groups in the U.S.

Man With Hawaii Roots On Verge Of Top Border Enforcement Post U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Man With Hawaii Roots On Verge Of Top Border Enforcement Post

Kevin Kealoha McAleenan is already acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and enjoys bipartisan support.

Administration Appeals Hawaii Judge’s Order Blocking Newest Travel Ban AP

Administration Appeals Hawaii Judge’s Order Blocking Newest Travel Ban

The latest version targets about 150 million potential travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

Hawaii Judge Is Right To Keep Fighting Oppressive Travel Bans Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Hawaii Judge Is Right To Keep Fighting Oppressive Travel Bans

Judge Derrick Watson says the Trump administration continues to ignore requirements imposed by federal courts.

Hawaii Federal Judge Blocks Latest Trump Travel Ban AP

Hawaii Federal Judge Blocks Latest Trump Travel Ban

The Trump administration blasted the decision by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, calling it “dangerously flawed.”

Hawaii: Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Still Contains ‘All Of The Legal Flaws’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii: Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Still Contains ‘All Of The Legal Flaws’

A federal judge in Honolulu is asked to block the new version of the administration’s attempt to halt entry to the U.S. from eight countries.

Hawaii Poised To Challenge Trump’s ‘Travel Ban 3.0’ Chad Blair/Civil Beat/2015

Hawaii Poised To Challenge Trump’s ‘Travel Ban 3.0’

As the administration asks for dismissal of lawsuits against earlier travel bans, the Aloha State announces a new challenge.