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Legal showdown brewing after court denies appeal to restore travel ban
Justice Dept had argued suspending the ban was causing irreparable harm to US public
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Feb 5, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Palm Beach, United States
A LEGAL showdown was brewing on Sunday after the US Justice Department appealed a temporary block on President Donald Trump's contentious travel ban but the court rejected any immediate move to reinstate it.
The early morning ruling by a federal appeals court was the latest in a series of dramatic twists in the saga which began on Jan 27 when the Republican president issued a blanket ban on refugees and travellers from seven mainly-Muslim nations.
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