This time, the ruling came from a judge in Hawaii who rejected the government's claims that the travel ban is about national security, not discrimination. Judge Watson criticised what he called the "illogic'' of the government's arguments and cited "significant and unrebutted evidence of religious animus'' behind the travel ban. He also called his new travel ban a watered-down version of the first one, which he said he wished he could implement. He is the only Native Hawaiian currently sitting as a federal judge and the fourth in US history. Washington attorney general Bob Ferguson, who filed the lawsuit that succeeded in blocking the first ban, cheered the Hawaii judge's ruling.

Source: Bangkok Post March 16, 2017 06:56 UTC