Pelosi on travel ban ruling: Another victory for our Constitution

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday celebrated a federal judge’s ruling that immediately blocked President Trump’s newly revised travel ban, calling it a victory for the Constitution.

“The Trump Administration’s repackaging did nothing to change the immoral, unconstitutional and dangerous goals of their Muslim and refugee ban. It was the same ban, driven by the same dangerous discrimination, and today, it met the same defeat in court,” Pelosi said in a statement.

{mosads} “Yet another judge has found that the true unconstitutional purpose of President Trump’s Muslim ban is revealed in the hateful rhetoric and prejudice that dominated his campaign,” Pelosi continued. “The ban’s blatant discrimination has undermined our fight on terror. The President blusters that he is strengthening our security, but his Administration’s dangerous and brazen prejudice is making America less safe, not more. Today’s temporary restraining order is another victory for our security, our values and our Constitution.”

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson, a President Obama appointee, ruled after a hearing on Wednesday that the state of Hawaii and a Muslim leader showed a “strong” likelihood to succeed in their lawsuit against the ban and put a nationwide restraining order in place. The plaintiffs argue that the policy violates the Establishment Clause and proved that “irreparable harm” is likely if temporary relief is not granted.

The temporary restraining order, which will be in place while the judge considers the case, blocks the major components of the travel ban: a 120-day suspension of the refugee resettlement program and block on nationals from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days. The policy was set to go into effect just after midnight.