2017-02-10
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled against an executive order from President Donald Trump temporarily barring entry to the country for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, the first successful challenge against Trump's executive powers.
A federal judge in Seattle on Friday had halted Trump’s executive order, which sought to suspend the entry of refugees of those countries. It also tried to indefinitely bar Syrian refugees. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…