« We are observing in action the American system of checks and balances, and separation of powers. «
No one can predict how the legal challenges to the Trump executive order on immigration will turn out, but the courts will probably get the last word. It is important to note, however, that US President Donald Trump has thus far avoided a constitutional crisis by appealing, rather than defying, an overbroad injunction against his visa executive order issued by a federal judge in Washington state.
A panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rescind the injunction on an emergency basis, thus keeping the nationwide injunction in effect, at least until the court considers briefs from both sides. Another federal judge in Massachusetts rendered a decision refusing to renew a similar injunction, and thus allowing the visa restrictions to be implemented.
