A flurry of legal arguments as appeals court decides whether Trump’s immigration ban will be enforced

LA Times - As a federal appeals court prepared to hear arguments Tuesday on whether to continue blocking enforcement of President Trump’s moratorium on admissions from seven countries in the Middle East and Africa, a broad coalition of states, business leaders and former cabinet members joined Monday in urging the judges to keep the ban on hold.

In a torrent of court filings over the last 48 hours, representatives of 15 states and the District of Columbia, law professors, civil rights groups and industry leaders implored a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to continue blocking the ban until the constitutional issues can be resolved.

At the heart of the case are questions of whether the suspension of admissions from the seven predominantly Muslim countries amount to religious discrimination, and what limits exist to the president’s broad authority to protect the country from terrorism.

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