Trump Administration Scores Win on Asylum Policy in 9th Circuit Decision

Trump Administration Scores Win on Asylum Policy in 9th Circuit Decision
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House as he departs for Cincinnati to hold a campaign rally in Washington, DC, on Aug. 1, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ideologically evolving 9th Circuit, which until recently routinely resisted President Donald Trump’s policies, dramatically struck down an Obama-appointed district judge’s nationwide injunction against Trump’s asylum policy mere hours after it was issued.

Conservatives have long criticized the often-reversed 9th Circuit, arguing its judges are too liberal and unwilling to follow the Constitution.