Mike Pence vows to use ‘all legal means at our disposal’ to reinstate Muslim travel ban as US government faces uphill struggle in court
VP Mike Pence made the promise while talking to Fox News Sunday
The said Judge James Robart’s decision to block the ban on Friday was ‘wrong’
Robart said it was unconstitutional – a decision that Pence also disagreed with
Justice Dept asked for the block to be lifted immediately but that was refused
Appeals court said both sides would have until Monday to make statements
Trump blasted Robart on Twitter after the decision
By JAMES WILKINSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
5 February 2017
Vice President Mike Pence promised on Sunday that he will use ‘all legal means at our disposal’ to reinstate the suspended Muslim travel ban.
Pence said that Judge James Robart’s decision on Friday that the ban was unconstitutional and had to be delayed was ‘wrong’.
‘From the outset of his campaign and administration, the president of the United States has made it clear to put the safety of the American people first,’ Pence told Fox News Sunday. ‘We are going to win this argument.’
Trump’s executive order forbidding citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries – Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Iran and Somalia – lasted just a week before Robart knocked it down.
The case was brought before the Seattle-based judge after a case was filed by the states of Washington and Minnesota.
Issuing a command to stay the order – essentially indefinitely postponing it, pending a successful appeal by the Justice Department – Robart said the president could not impose such a wide ban.
That was a claim that Pence told Fox News he adamantly disagreed with.
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