Many More Legal Challenges Likely for Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
Scholars interviewed by The Washington Post say that President Trump’s executive order on immigration is likely to face a series of new legal challenges about whether it violates a 1965 anti-discrimination law and the Constitution, the newspaper reports.
Four federal judges have put various holds on the ban, and 16 state attorneys general have said they believe the executive order is unconstitutional.
Ruthann Robson, professor of law at City University of New York School of Law, said the order could be thrown out on grounds that it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution. “She noted that courts have criticized governmental distinctions based on ancestry and race, write .
Read the Washington Post article.