A federal district judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide injunction Tuesday on Donald Trump's third attempt at implementing a Muslim ban, which was set to take effect on Wednesday. Politico's Josh Gerstein writes:
U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson granted a temporary restraining order, concluding that Trump appeared to run afoul of federal immigration law when he issued a proclamation last month restricting travel to the U.S. by citizens of eight countries.
Six of the eight nations are majority Muslim, but the judge's ruling does not focus on that issue.
Judge Watson wrote that the government failed to make the case for why allowing more people into the country would be "detrimental" to national interests. He also charged that the order "plainly discriminates based on nationality."
The federal government will almost certainly appeal the ruling and, ultimately, the case will likely head back to the Supreme Court.