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How to Read (and How Not to Read) Today's 9th Circuit Opinion — Today's 9th Circuit decision is a bit less of a big deal than it will play in the press tomorrow; it will play big both because of the high stakes of the current litigation and because of some rhetorical excess in the opinion itself.
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The 9th Circuit's dangerous and unprecedented use of campaign statements to block presidential policy — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has just upheld a nationwide temporary injunction on President Trump's executive order relating to refugees and visas from certain countries.
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MelaniePhillips.com and Power Line

3 key Trump mistakes that led to the travel ban court defeat — President Donald Trump's three-week-old administration took a thrashing from a federal appeals court Thursday as a panel of three judges unanimously rejected his request to resume enforcement of his controversial travel ban executive order.
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Republicans push bill to split up ‘nutty 9th Circuit’ — As judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals weigh the legality of President Trump's immigration executive order, a Republican push to split up the controversial court — and shrink its clout — is gaining steam on Capitol Hill.
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Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss

Why The Ninth Circuit Ruled Against Trump's Refugee Order
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Federal appeals court rules 3 to 0 against Trump on travel ban
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The president should withdraw his executive order
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Power Line


Anger erupts at Republican town halls — Murfreesboro, Tennessee (CNN)More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again — this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's legacy.
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Watch: Utahns instigate while Chaffetz rebuffs their calls to investigate — Amid constant booing, the Republican has a hard time trying to answer questions about public lands, Trump and immigration. — Rep. Jason Chaffetz tried to respond to questions, but many of his answers went unheard.
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Protesters swarm Chaffetz town hall — (R-Utah) on Thursday faced a flood of protesters during a town hall in his home state. — Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted the House Oversight Committee chairman, challenging him over his treatment of President Trump.
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Jason Chaffetz Town Hall Filled With Over 1000 Angry Constituents
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National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say — National security adviser Michael Flynn privately discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country's ambassador to the United States during the month before President Trump took office …
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Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office — WASHINGTON — Weeks before President Trump's inauguration, his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, discussed American sanctions against Russia, as well as areas of possible cooperation …
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Washington Post, Just Security and Mother Jones

Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government — Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he's growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy. — In interviews, nearly two dozen people who've spent …
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Americans Now Evenly Divided on Impeaching Trump — PPP's new national poll finds that Donald Trump's popularity as President has declined precipitously just over the last two weeks. On our first poll of his Presidency voters were evenly divided on Trump, with 44% approving of him and 44% also disapproving.


Solidcore gym founder calls out Ivanka Trump after workout — The owner of trendy Washington-area gym chain Solidcore lashed out at Ivanka Trump over Facebook on Thursday after finding out the president's eldest daughter took her exercise class. — “What you do when you find out Ivanka Trump just took …
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UNDER FIRE, CONWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT — WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, the high-profile White House counselor, has come under fire from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, fact checkers and the media. But she's so far maintained the support of her boss, President Donald Trump.
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Top oversight lawmakers ask ethics office to recommend discipline for Conway
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TVNewser, RedState and The American Conservative


The US's One-China Policy Explained — Then-President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented phone conversation with the leader of Taiwan in December, followed by his anti-China tweets, signaled strongly that upon becoming president he could seek to deviate from America's long-standing one-China policy.
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Mexican foreign minister helped Jared Kushner re-write Trump border wall speech — Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray personally made changes to President Donald Trump's speech announcing an executive order calling for the construction of a border wall, according to Mexican officials.
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Le Pen: French Jews Will Have to Give Up Israeli Citizenship — Asked specifically about Jews and Israel, she said: 'Israel isn't an EU member.' — In a France ruled by the far-right Marine Le Pen, Jewish citizens will be forced to give up their Israeli citizenship, the Front National party leader said on Thursday.


Online sales for the Ivanka Trump brand fell 26 percent in January — While Nordstrom dropping Ivanka Trump merchandise got a lot of headlines, it's not the top online retail partner for the brand. — According to an analysis of email receipts by Slice Intelligence, online …
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Social media users parody Trump's ‘see you in court’ tweet — Social media users were quick to play with President Trump's defiant tweet Thursday vowing to “see you in court” after a court of appeals rejected his administration's request to resume his travel ban.
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Althouse

Exclusive: Syria's Assad tells Yahoo News some refugees are ‘definitely’ terrorists — Weighing in on one of the most contentious issues in American politics — the danger posed to host countries by the 4.8 million people who have fled from Syria's civil war — Syrian President Bashar Assad told Yahoo News …

Cooper withdraws from solicitor general consideration — Chuck Cooper, the conservative Supreme Court litigator, is withdrawing his name from consideration to be the next solicitor general, opening the door for the husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to be appointed to the role.


Threats against judges in immigration ban cases leads to increased security — More than one travel ban judge threatened — (CNN)Threats against more than one judge involved in legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have prompted federal …
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MyNorthwest.com and TheBlaze

Time for Tesla to Listen — I'm proud to be part of a team that is bringing green cars to the masses. As a production worker at Tesla's plant in Fremont for the past four years, I believe Tesla is one of the most innovative companies in the world. We are working hard to build the world's #1 car—not just electric, but overall.
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