DoJ urges court to reinstate Trump travel ban, insisting security at risk

The Guardian: The justice department has urged a federal court to reinstate Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, insisting that national security is at stake.

After a lower court judge blocked the president’s executive order suspending travel from seven majority-Muslim countries on Friday night, lawyers filed a brief with a federal appeals court on Monday evening.

The court scheduled oral arguments for 6pm eastern time on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear when it might issue a ruling. The battle could go all the way to the supreme court.

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