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Judge grills lawyers in travel ban hearing

The matter will ultimately likely go to the US Supreme Court

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Activists gather outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration in Washington. Photo: Reuters

Dan LevineEmily Stephenson
President Donald Trump’s order temporarily banning US entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Tuesday from a federal appeals court that questioned whether the ban unfairly targeted people over their religion.

During a more than hour-long oral argument, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals pressed a government lawyer whether the Trump administration’s national security argument was backed by evidence that people from the seven countries posed a danger. Judge Richard Clifton, a George W Bush appointee, posed equally tough questions for an attorney representing Minnesota and Washington states, which are challenging