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Law Practice

Apr. 28, 2017

Order stay was an easy call

It was a relatively easy case for Judge William H. Orrick given the Trump administration's failure to carefully draft a detailed order that seeks to comply with the law.

Kevin R. Johnson

Kevin is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies
UC Davis School of Law

Phone: (530) 752-8047

Harvard Univ Law School

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As it seeks to transform the nation's immigration enforcement direction, the Trump administration is taking its lumps in the courts. Several courts have blocked the implementation of two travel bans focusing on predominantly Muslim nations and suspending refugee admissions. As in those cases, President Donald J. Trump's proclivity for overstatement contributed to the latest court setback, a ruling putting on hold a frontal assault on "sanctuary cities."

On Tuesday, District Judge Wi...

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