well that must be right? that s not the standard. president trump continues defending his ban. i m all in favor of that. some things are common sense. this is common sense. while the president s new homeland security secretary hold a house committee he regrets how the presidential order was rolled out. i should have delayed it a bit so i could talk to members of congress. particularly the leadership of committees like this to prepare them for what was coming. needless to say the white house was very closely watching developments on the west coast especially if the court decides to hear it eventually one way or the other this case is likely to end up here in washington at the united states supreme court. thank you very much. so today the world awaits that ruling from the 9th circuit court. did the judges give any clues about how they will rule? we ll ask our legal experts, next.
guidance is very clear that was issued several days ago, if not a week ago, that this is not abt legal permanent residents. that clarification has been made jeff? you said you are not talking about the merits of the order. was the president this morning talking about the merits of the order when he called it disgraceful, the hearing last night. he wasn t arguing before the 9th circuit. last night was a motion with the temporary restraining order. he was clear that the u.s. code and constitution clearly give the president all the authority that s needed to make sure he can regulate who comes into this country and prevent anyone who is not coming to this country in a peaceful manner. the code, 8 u.s. code 11520 is very, very clear. the president was pointed out the same issue we had in boston, once we had a chance to argue it
know that. let me get back with you on that. i will follow up with you on the exact financing. i m not sure how that flows but i will be glad to find out. second question was, during the hearing yesterday that you talked about the 9th circuit, there was some discussion about whether there needed to be a tweak to the executive order to make it clear that legal, permanent residents would not be included in that and there was some back and forth on that? i think there was further guidance that i spoke about that went out, i think, a week ago. correct me if i m wrong. it talked about, we wanted to make it very, very clear that legal permanent residents were not included in that. again, remember, we are not talking about the merits of the order. right now, this discussion that happened last night and this the court will be ruling on is specific to the temporary restraining order and whether or not it should be maintained until there us a further discussion on the merits. i don t want
discrimination against muslims, whether it violates the constitution s ban on establishment of religion and what the states say is they have to be able to refer to things that happened outside of court about that, statements the president s made, statements rudy giuliani has made and others, but the lawyer for the government said that the decision on this shouldn t be based on newspaper articles. they should stick to the facts of what are in the court pleadings, and one of the other judges said, it does seem difficult to believe that it s a muslim ban, when it only affects 15% of the world s muslims. reasonable to believe that the judges have already made up their minds and we re just waiting to hear what they ve decided? yes, the way these things normally work not just on these emergency appeals, but any time thersn argument before an apals court like this, take an initial vote right after the argument, so they pretty much decided what the outcome is going to be. now the question
ally and welcomed their contributions to the fight against isis. last night, the president had an incredibly meaningful visit with current officers that enrolled in the green beret qualifications course. these men and women that will be serving our country, the president told them how proud he was of their commitment to, do toefrg keep us safe and how humbled he was to serve as their commander in chief and that they could count on him to have their back. also, yesterday, the department of justice presented arguments before the 9th circuit court in the case concerning a temporary restraining order on the president s national security executive order. again, as i did yesterday, i want to emphasize that the issue before the 9th circuit right now is extremely narrow. the question is simply whether or not the president s executive order, which we maintain is fully lawful, should remain in effect while the court is considered on its merits. we expect the court to issue a decision on this mat