JUDICIAL REVIEW
Donald Trump urges department to seek tougher travel ban
Washington — US President Donald Trump urged his administration to seek a tougher version of his controversial travel ban proposal on Monday after a weekend attack in London and pressed for an expedited judicial review by the nation’s top court. Trump’s comments, made in tweets on Monday, could weigh on his administration’s emergency request last week asking the US Supreme Court to reinstate his travel ban on people entering the US from six predominantly Muslim countries. "The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original travel ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to SC," tweeted Trump, referring to the US Supreme Court. "The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down travel ban before the Supreme Court & seek much tougher version!" Trump, who as president oversees the department, said in another tweet. Last Thursday, Trump’s legal team asked the court to allow his March 6 executive order for the travel ban to take ef...
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