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Second Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump Travel Ban

Emily Zanotti

The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travel from eight countries recognized as state sponsors of terrorism: North Korea, Venezuela, Somalia, Chad, Yemen, Libya, Syria, and Iran.

This marks the second time a federal appeals court has overruled the ban; the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a similar ruling last year, and an appeal from their decision has already been accepted by the United States Supreme Court.

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