Twitter Reacts Court Upholds Stay Trump Muslim Ban

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Twitter reacted swiftly to the news that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld an earlier ruling putting a stay on President Donald Trump's ban on travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. The ruling pointed out that Department of Justice lawyers failed to prove "that any alien from any of the countries...has perpetrated a terrorist attack." Though the battle could be escalated to the U.S. Supreme court, the court has the potential for deadlock unless nominee Neil Gorsuch is rammed through his confirmation process at unprecedented speed. That didn't stop President Trump, however, from immediately tweeting that the security of the nation is at risk.

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SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017

There is no evidence to suggest that there's an imminent terrorist threat posed by the refugee of any of those countries. Indeed, as we said earlier, no person from those countries has ever perpetrated a terrorist attack. The move is a continuation of Trump's attempt to discredit the judiciary by falsely equating the status of his Muslim ban with national security. Gorsuch, Trump's conservative nominee to the Supreme Court, called Trump's attacks "disheartening." Hillary Clinton, who beat Donald Trump by about 3 million in the popular vote but lost in the electoral college, tweeted her pleasure with the ruling.

3-0
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 10, 2017

Comments from journalists highlighted key parts of the ruling.

it's buried in a footnote, but here the 9th Circuit is basically like: wyd pic.twitter.com/1rj7jkgeNq
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) February 9, 2017

9th Circuit devotes five pages to disputing Trump DOJ's contention about the courts' authority to review his actions, and concludes w/ this. pic.twitter.com/WJFpn9KpaB
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 9, 2017

the 9th Circuit declines to rule on whether it's a Muslim ban, but it looks like Trump's own words have made them flinch pic.twitter.com/YmVYBN7cQ4
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) February 9, 2017

THIS IS BIG: 9th Circuit judges say Donald Trump's sweeping talk of a "Muslim ban" can be used as evidence for discrimination. pic.twitter.com/08vXUIQiN9
— Terry Moran (@TerryMoran) February 9, 2017

it’s times like these that I really wish Trump knew how to read pic.twitter.com/S9XILvEkvk
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 9, 2017

Senator Chuck Schumer, Democratic minority leader, called on Trump to recognise that he had been beaten.

Pres Trump ought to see the writing on the wall, abandon proposal, roll up his sleeves & come up w/ a real, bipartisan plan to keep us safe.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 9, 2017

The Washington Attorney General's office celebrated their victory.

DENIED. UNANIMOUS. PER CURIUM.
— WA Attorney General (@AGOWA) February 9, 2017

Republican Senator Tom Cotton wasted no time in decrying what he called a partisan ruling.

Tom Cotton statement: "This misguided ruling is from the Ninth Circuit, the most notoriously left-wing court in America" pic.twitter.com/D1Tp4Y0j6o
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) February 9, 2017