passes laws, and they go back to the debate on the senate floor. the debate in the committee. what was the legislative intent of this? what the government was saying here was you can't -- the candidate intent because candidates routinely throw their promises out the window. you can't go back to pre-inauguration, but the court here clearly was saying and some of the things rudy giuliani said were in the transition and after. let's just remind people, this was during the campaign. the administration says this is not a muslim ban, but the court considered statements, including this. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until we figure out what the hell is going on. in screening out the sympathizers of terrorist groups, we must also screen out any who have hostile attitudes towards our country or its principles or who believe that shaara law should supplant