The millions of Americans who voted for the 45th President couldn’t recognize his flaws, but at least the federal courts have: A federal judge in Seattle on Friday temporarily blocked President Trump’s week-old immigration order from being enforced nationwide, reopening America’s door to visa holders from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dealing the administration a […]
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