On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Mr. Trump and the Government’s request to lift the travel ban stay, pending an appeal. In upholding the lower court’s decision, which ended the ban, the federal appeals court gave an elementary school civics lesson to the President and the Department of Justice lawyers arguing the case. The Department of Justice lawyers argued that the judiciary branch of the government had no authority to end the executive order. It argued as if the President has full authority over the courts, our judicial branch of government. The appellate court made it clear that there was no precedent for that part of the Government’s argument--ever, even if based on national security. The appeals court gave Mr. Trump a nice civics lesson. There are three branches of government under the U. S. Constitution—executive, judiciary and legislative. No one branch of government is superior to the other. For Mr. Trump to misunderstand the checks … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Trumps Mr. Trump on his Travel Ban