A Federal judge in Hawaii tweaked his previous injunction blocking Trump’s Muslim to allow studies and policy reviews on its impact. One of Trump’s versions of the truth about his Muslim ban includes suggests that this is “temporary” until the government has had a chance to study the issue.
One could conclude Judge Derrick Watson is, therefore, calling Trump’s bluff, by lifting the portion of the injunction that precludes studying the impact Trump’s Muslim ban.
In reality, he is simply complying with a ruling made by the ninth circuit of appeals last week, while upholding the thrust of his ruling (and on which the ninth circuit agreed)
Although Donald Trump’s childish complaints about the unfairness of courts’ ruling against the unconstitutional intent of his Muslim ban, relatively more mature members of the Trump administration say, they are being careful to comply with this order.
In fact, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Politico Homeland security is “treading carefully to avoid accusations that they were defying court orders“.
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Judge Watson’s order makes clear that the government can study the impact of Trump’s Muslim ban provided for internal reviews that internal review procedures “do not burden individuals outside of the executive branch of the federal government.”
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of Trump’s Muslim ban this term.
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