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AG Jeff Sessions Goes Directly to Supreme Court for Clarification of Travel Ban Ruling

by Michael Patrick Leahy Attorney General Jeff Sessions went directly to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking for clarification of its June 26 travel ban decision and an immediate stay of  U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson’s July 13 ruling that modified his original injunction that stopped Executive Order 13780, which placed a temporary ban on all refugees and a temporary travel ban on residents of six Middle Eastern countries. That original injunction was largely overturned in the Court’s  June 26 decision. Watson’s July 13 ruling significantly scaled back President Trump’s Supreme Court victory. Late Friday, Acting Solicitor General Ken Wall filed a… View Article