Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey [6] declared on March 9 that Massachusetts will be joining fellow states in suing President Donald Trump to block his new travel ban [7] executed earlier in the week. Trump's new executive order [8] has removed Iraq from the former list of travel-restricted countries and suspended the refugee program for 120 days. Healey stated [9] that the second ban, despite such changes, remains discriminatory and unconstitutional. Massachusetts will join Washington, Hawaii, Oregon, and New York in requesting Judge James Robart [10] to apply his previous travel ban suspension to the revised ban. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson [11] recently stated [12] that the new ban still violates the Equal Protection Clause [13] of the US Constitution. Despite legal challenges, the revised ban is scheduled to take effect on March 16.
From Jurist [14], March 10. Used with permission.
