State of Hawaii First to Challenge Trump’s Latest Executive Order, More to Follow?
The state of Hawaii is challenging the new Trump immigration executive order. As announced on the website of Hogan Lovells, the law firm representing Hawaii,
“On March 7, 2017, the State of Hawaii filed a joint motion with the U.S. Government setting out a proposed briefing schedule, whereby it will file its complaint and TRO by March 8, the U.S. Government will file their Opposition on March 13, and oral argument would be held on March 15. The District Court has not yet ruled on this joint request.
On March 7, the State of Hawaii moved for leave to file an Amended Complaint that details their allegations against the new Executive Order. Here is the motion and proposed complaint. The latter document details the Plaintiffs’ grievances with respect to President Trump’s 3/6/17 Travel Ban.”
Neal Katyal, the former acting Solcitor General of the United States, is the partner on the case.
As the Washington Post reports,
“The action — which lawyers for the state hope to file Wednesday in Hawaii — would mark the first formal legal challenge to the order, which the president signed Monday. Hawaii also sued over Trump’s first travel ban, and lawyers for the state told a judge in a court filing that they want to resume that litigation to ask for a temporary restraining order on the new directive.”
KJ