>> if the 9th circuit court does not rule in favor of the department of justice allowing it to put the ban back in place, all of this goes back to the court in washington and go through the court and maybe we'll finally have a decision. how long that's going to take, we don't know yet. sara sflooid sidener, cnn, san francisco. >> thanks to sara for that. earlier we spoke about all of these critical legal challenges with constitutional expert alander, vitz from harvard law school. take a listen. >> there are 29 judges on the 9th circuit. three get selected to hear a case. so we're playing judicial roulette. the court has some of the most liberal and conservative judges. it depends who's drawn in the wheel. argument the government will make will be that these states don't have standing to object to the president's executive order. that the president's executive order is constitutional. and the president has authorized the to make the kinds you have judgment he made and it's