In their filings last week in the Supreme Court, Justice Department lawyers said even so, both versions are "aimed at the same national security objectives - facilitating a few of existing screening and vetting procedures".
Lawyers working to keep the travel ban off the books seemed to agree.
Accusing Trump of bias, they said the US President did not take action against those countries due to vested interest, citing his business ties with the Gulf. Katyal wrote in his own Twitter post.
Amidst the increasing terrorist attacks in the holy month of Ramadan by Islamist militants, US President Donald Trump has reiterated his earlier stance of putting a travel embargo on certain "dangerous countries". Trump has already seen his past statements, and those of his surrogates, used against him in court, particularly his calling for a Muslim ban in December of 2015. It's basically free legal advice for Trump.
On January 27, 2017, one week to the day after his presidential inauguration, Trump signed an Executive Order temporarily suspending the refugee program and visa entry for anyone from seven majority-Muslim countries. "He's concerned with national security and protecting people in this country".
Yet the president on Monday said the order was exactly that. Zapotosky provided no further explanation as to how "travel ban" conveyed religious bias against Muslims.
After whining that the DOJ should have pressed for an "expedited hearing" on the latest version for the goal of seeking a "much tougher version," Trump issued his final tweet of the morning.
"The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.", Trump, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court, wrote in a series of tweets on the issue.
It comes after several tweets by the President over the past two days in his efforts to get his travel ban passed in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Trump was not finished tweeting inaccurate information.
Trump tweeted about the travel restrictions again on Monday, saying he's calling it "what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN".
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders argued during the daily press briefing that Trump's word choice really did not matter.
During a flurry of angry tweets over the weekend, Donald Trump claimed that his "travel ban" will prevent violence in the United States. It deleted Iraq from the list and removed an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees.
The second-guessing about Trump's Twitter strategy extended to the husband of one Trump's senior advisers.
"Sad", he said on Twitter, borrowing a phrase from Trump's own Twitter.
But Conway's concerns echoed the sentiment of many on Monday, who seemed to agree that the tweets, which are nearly certain to be brought up in future litigation, could do nothing but hurt the Department of Justice's efforts.
Josh Blackman, a law professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston, called Trump "the worst client" for the solicitor general.
"Well, you can't do that because you withdrew it, Mr. President", Rove said. Best guess is that this is a pre-emptive strike because Trump can count to five and realizes he doesn't have the votes needed on the court. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for that information and the Justice Department declined to comment. He urged the justices to accept the travel ban on its face and disregard the campaign statements.
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