Bit of an update on this.

As you'll recall, several states filed a lawsuit to block this Executive Order and the judge pretty quickly issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from implementing the order.

Of course, the administration appealed. A three judge panel of the appeals court has now declined to reinstate the executive order. So the restraining order can now be appealed to the USSC.

Hopefully, they'll simply refuse to take the case. It's just a restraining order and I suspect the lower courts are given a pretty wide latitude in determining when and when not to issue a restraining order. They wouldn't be deciding the actual case on it's merits, it would only be a case arguing the ability of a court to issue a restraining order. There's nothing terribly important about that, nor is there any obvious abuse of the court's discretion in issuing a restraining order. It's not really worthy of the USSC's time.

Nothing earthshaking here. The real meat of the case is still awaiting trial. These appeals are just a side show and delay tactic.

--Peter