has decided no, neither, we re going to go back to the drawing board entirely. this law is dead now. i would agree. once it s rescinded it s going to be rescinded. by the way, the president had a third option after his see you in court tweet. before the trial court judge there was a hearing in which we said we re ready to move forward on the merits and the administration said no, no, we don t want to move forward on the merits, either. so frankly immediately after the tweet we ll see you in court the department of justice, they knew they would lose. they said they re going to come up with a new one. what do you think about that? do you think there is a way for them to more constitutionally craft the same kind of intention that was evident in the first try at this? well, frankly i m glad they re going to take another shot at this.
wrapping up that press conference they were writing to the ninth circuit u.s. court of appeals asking that court to please vacate its previous ruling striking down the ban as unconstitutional or at least, forgive me, upholding a stay on it on those grounds. the reason the administration asked the court to vacate their previous ruling is because the president intends in the near future to rescind the order and replace it with a new substantially revised executive order. this is the one substantial policy they have tried to enact in this first disastrous four weeks of his administration, this is the one policy they have tried to enact. and today he was forced to take it back and try to start over. nobody wants to see the united states of america fail. but if you want to know what it looks like when a president fails in every conceivable way in every conceivable measure this is what it looks like when
thank you for having me. appreciate it. so they ve pulled the ban, they ve rescinded it, they say they re going to try again, to me as a lay observer of this this looks like you won he. like you ve beat them and made them concede they lost. is tt how you see it? without any question. the administration, the president is conceding. they filed that brief today as you read saying the president was going to rescind the executive order. they did not want to seek review from the ninth circuit or the u.s. supreme court because it would be one more defeat on top of multiple defeats they ve already suffered? so they could when the president responded to the ninth circuit, those three judges, their decision, when the president said see you in court everybody read that bluster from the president as seeing he would appeal to a wider circuit, he wanted a bigger group of judges or to be going to the supreme court. in essence the administration
administration is rescinding its travel ban. they are basically conceding they lost on this. that s how i read it but not a lawyer. let s ask somebody who is better positioned to understand this. joining us now is bob ferguson, washington state attorney general. he brought this case in the first place. mr. attorney general, thank you for your time. thank you for having me. appreciate it. so they ve pulled the ban, they ve rescinded it, they say they re going to try again, to me as a lay observer of this this looks like you won here. like you ve beat them and made them concede they lost. is that how you see it? without any question. the administration, the president is conceding. they filed that brief today as you read saying the president was going to rescind the executive order. they did not want to seek review from the ninth circuit or the u.s. supreme court because it would be one more defeat on top of multiple defeats they ve already suffered?
so they ve pulled the ban, they ve rescinded it, they say they re going to try again, to me as a lay observer of this this looks like you won here. like you ve beat them and made them concede they lost. is that how you see it? without any question. the administration, the president is conceding. they filed that brief today as you read saying the president was going to rescind the executive order. they did not want to seek review from the ninth circuit or the u.s. supreme court because it would be one more defeat on top of multiple defeats they ve already suffered? so they could when the president responded to the ninth circuit, those three judges, their decision, when the president said see you in court everybody read that bluster from the president as seeing he would appeal to a wider circuit, he wanted a bigger group of judges or to be going to the supreme court. in essence the administration