上訴庭拒絕恢復川普總統的旅行限令

A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

The three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously declined to block a lower court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the United States.

“See you in court, the security of our nation is at stake,” the president tweeted shortly after the court announced its decision. A short time later, he complained to reporters at the White house that the court made a "political decision," and said his administration eventually will win the case "very easily."

At a news conference in Seattle, Bob Ferguson, the attorney general for the state of Washington, which argued against restoring the Trump travel ban, said, “We are a nation of laws, and ... those laws apply to everybody in our country, and that includes the president of the United States. In my view, the future of the Constitution is at stake.”

When asked to respond to the Trump tweet, he noted that opponents are now two-for-two in challenging the Trump administration's ban in the courts. Ferguson said the president's ban had real human consequences, and he denied he is pursuing the case as a Democrat versus a Republican president.

The federal government is now expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Trump's ban was set to expire in 90 days, meaning it could run its course before the high court can take up the issue. The administration also could change the order, including altering its scope or duration.

The president said the order was vital for national security. But critics said the ban discriminated against Muslims, and they questioned its value as a security measure.美國一個聯邦上訴法院星期四決定不恢復川普總統禁止來自七個以穆斯林爲主國家的旅行者入境的命令。

舊金山第九聯邦巡迴上訴法院的三人法官小組一致作出裁決，拒絕推翻下級法院做出的暫停執行限令的裁決，並允許之前被禁止入境的人進入美國。

上訴法庭宣佈了決定後不久，川普總統即在推特上發文說：“法庭見，我們國家的安全受到威脅。”之後他在白宮向記者抱怨，法庭作出了一個“政治性的決定”，並表示他的政府最終將“輕而易舉”贏得這個案子。

在西雅圖的新聞發佈會上，華盛頓州檢察長鮑勃·弗格森反對恢復川普總統的旅行限令，他說：“我們是一個法制國家，這些法律適用於我們國家的所有人，包括美國總統。在我看來，這關係到憲法的未來。“

當被問及如何對川普的推文作出迴應時，弗格森指出，現在反對者們在法庭上對川普政府旅行限令的挑戰兩戰兩勝。弗格森說，總統的禁令會對民衆帶來實際後果，他否認他訴訟此案是自己身爲民主黨人對抗共和黨籍的總統。

聯邦政府現在可能向最高法院提出上訴。

川普的旅行限令將在90天后過期，這意味着在有可能最高法院聽審這一案件之前限令有效期已過。川普政府也可以改變這一限令，包括改變其適用範圍或持續時間。

川普總統說，旅遊限令對國家安全至關重要。但批評者說，限令歧視穆斯林，他們也質疑旅行限令作爲一種安全措施是否有效。