Politico: “Justice Department lawyers say the ruling by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, an appointee of President Barack Obama, is jeopardizing Trump’s agenda, usurping his authority, damaging relationships with international allies, shattering the separation of powers and endangering the American people.
”“But a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals took no action on the Trump administration’s invitation to immediately strip the case from Boasberg and to lift his initial restraining order, which he issued in part to scrutinize whether Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act passed legal muster.”
“Instead, the panel, which includes appointees of President George H.W. Bush, Obama and Trump himself, set a hearing for Monday afternoon — a notable slow-walk, when the administration has described each passing hour as a mounting threat to Trump’s authority.”
“In fact, the D.C. Circuit’s approach is in line with appeals courts across the country, which have largely rejected Trump’s view of a growing separation-of-powers emergency requiring them to step in urgently and stop lower-court rulings Trump doesn’t like. “