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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017 Washington state, Minnesota lead travel ban fight States say restoring ban would ‘unleash chaos again’ By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Law- yers for Washington state and Minnesota have told a federal appellate court that restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Mus- lim countries would “unleash chaos again.” The filing with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco came early Monday after the White House said it expected the federal courts to reinstate the ban. Washington and Minnesota said their underlying lawsuit was strong and a nationwide temporary restraining order was appropriate. If the appel- late court reinstated Trump’s ban the states said the “ruling would reinstitute those harms, separating families, strand- ing our university students and faculty, and barring travel.” Michael Ares/Palm Beach Post A man protests against President Donald Trump holding a sign depicting the cover of the German magazine Der Spiegel. The rapid-fire legal maneu- vers by the two states were accompanied by a declaration filed by John Kerry and Mad- eleine Albright, former sec- retaries of state, along with former national security offi- cials under President Barack Obama. They said Trump’s ban would disrupt lives and cripple a temporary hold on the ban nationwide. That ruling last Friday prompted an ongoing Twit- ter rant by Trump, who dis- missed U.S. District Court Judge James Robart as a “so-called judge” and his deci- sion “ridiculous.” Trump renewed his Twit- ter attacks against Robart on Sunday. “Just cannot believe a judge would put our coun- try in such peril. If some- thing happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!” He followed with another tweet saying he had instructed the Homeland Secu- rity Department to check peo- ple coming into the country but that “the courts are making the job very difficult!” The government had told the appeals court that the pres- ident alone has the power to decide who can enter or stay in the United States, an asser- tion that appeared to invoke the wider battle to come over illegal immigration. Congress “vests complete discretion” in the president to impose conditions on entry of foreigners to the United States, and that power is “largely immune from judicial con- U.S. counterterrorism partner- ships around the world without making the nation safer. “It will aid ISIL’s pro- paganda effort and serve its recruitment message by feed- ing into the narrative that the United States is at war with Islam,” according to the six- page declaration filed in court. “Blanket bans of certain countries or classes of people are beneath the dignity of the nation and Constitution that we each took oaths to protect,” the declaration later added. The technology industry also argued against the ban, contending it would harm their companies by making it more difficult to recruit employees. Tech giants like Apple and Google, along with Uber, filed their arguments with the court late Sunday. The next opportunity for Trump’s team to argue in favor of the ban will come in the form of a response to the Washington state and Minne- sota filings. The 9th Circuit ordered the Justice Depart- ment to file its briefs by 6 p.m. EST Monday. It had already turned down a Justice request to set aside immediately a Seattle judge’s ruling that put trol,” according to the court filing. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judi- ciary Committee, predicted the appeals court would not have the last word. “I have no doubt that it will go to the Supreme Court, and probably some judgments will be made whether this president has exceed his authority or not,” she said. In his ruling, Robart said it was not the court’s job to “cre- ate policy or judge the wis- dom of any particular pol- icy promoted by the other two branches,” but to make sure that an action taken by the gov- ernment “comports with our country’s laws.” The Twitter attacks on Robart — appointed by Pres- ident George W. Bush — prompted scolding from fel- low Republicans as well as Democrats. “We don’t have so-called judges,” said Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb. “We don’t have so-called senators. We don’t have so-called presidents. We have people from three differ- ent branches of government who take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.” Measure aims to end daylight Razor clam dig OK’d saving time in Washington for north Pacific County Associated Press OLYMPIA — A state sen- ator is pushing to elimi- nate daylight saving time in Washington. KOMO reported Republi- can Jim Honeyford of Sunny- side has introduced a measure that would exercise Washing- ton’s right under the Uniform Time Act to opt out of day- light saving time and remain on Pacific Standard Time year round. “I didn’t really realize the problems that it creates,” Honeyford said. “There’s an increased number of acci- dents, increased suicides, heart attacks.” The Washington Traf- fic Safety Commission and Washington Department of Transportation could not pro- vide crash comparison figures in time for the article. But, at a Senate Hearing on Wednes- day, nobody testified for or against Honeyford’s bill. Lawmakers consider expanding self-serve gas in rural Oregon Associated Press BEND — Residents in rural Oregon counties may have to get used to pumping their own gas, as lawmakers are consid- ering expanding the availabil- ity of self-service gas stations. The Bulletin reported that two bills introduced this legis- lative session propose expand- ing self-service gas stations to 24 hours a day in rural Oregon counties. Currently, self-service gas stations operate between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. in rural Ore- gon counties. One bill would remove that limit for coun- ties with populations less than 40,000 — like Clatsop County — making self-service accessi- ble around the clock. Another bill would allow the public to pump gas at cardlock stations, which are open 24 hours for commercial vehicles. Mother, baby rescued from RV Associated Press FLORENCE — A mother and her baby have been res- cued after a landslide trapped them in their RV home on the Oregon Coast. The Register-Guard reported that Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue fire marshal Sean Barrett says 3 inches of rain fell overnight Saturday and soaked the coast, causing the ground to give way on the hillside above the RV. The slide trapped the RV under an uprooted tree. The mother called for help shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday morning. The mother’s name and age were unavailable. Barrett says the baby is less than a year old and estimated that he mother was in her 20s or 30s. Officials say they are stay- ing with relatives. Iraqi refugees arrive to cheers at PDX Associated Press PORTLAND — Roughly 100 people greeted the first ref- ugees to land at Portland Inter- national Airport since President Donald Trump’s travel ban was rescinded by a federal judge. The Oregonian reported Mustapha Mohamed arrived Sunday night with his wife and daughters. The former interpreter for U.S. military in Iraq waited four years to get a visa that would allow him and his fam- ily to relocate. They were sup- posed to arrive last week before getting blocked by the execu- tive order temporarily banning visitors from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries. Members of the crowd shouted “Welcome,” and “We love you,” as the fam- ily came into view. Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman was among those greeting the family. W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 Pbace a regubar ad or cbassified ad in T H E D AI L Y A STORI AN between February 1 st & 9 th and be entered into a drawing for 2 free tickets to the Sportmen’s Show in Portband! Except for Long Beach, outer coast beaches open for clamming OLYMPIA, Wash. — State shellfish managers approved a six-day razor clam dig Tuesday on three ocean beaches. The Washington Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife approved the opening on eve- ning tides at Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks after marine toxin tests confirmed the clams on those beaches are safe to eat. This is the first dig at Twin Harbors since late Novem- ber when domoic acid levels spiked there, said Dan Ayres, a state coastal shellfish man- ager. Domoic levels still are too high on the Long Beach Peninsula, with one sample at 34 parts per million on Jan. 24, well above the officially safe threshold of 19 ppm. “Toxin levels have been dropping over the last sev- eral weeks at Twin Harbors and now meet public health standards,” Ayres said. “This is great news for razor clam diggers.” The remaining digging days in the current opening: • Wednesday, 4:46 p.m.; -0.6 feet; Copalis, Mocrocks, Twin Harbors • Thursday, 5:33 p.m.; -0.9 feet; Copalis, Mocrocks, Twin Harbors • Friday, 6:16 p.m.; -1.0 feet; Mocrocks, Twin Harbors • Saturday, 6:57 p.m.; -0.8 feet; Mocrocks, Twin Harbors • Sunday, 7:34 p.m.; -0.5 feet; Mocrocks, Twin Harbors Razor clam diggers should note that Copalis will be closed the last three days of the dig, when Mocrocks and Twin Harbors remain open, Ayres said. The state often opens Copalis and Mocrocks for the same dates due to the prox- imity of the beaches. “We’re able to provide more oppor- tunities by opening Mocrocks separately for a few days this dig,” Ayres said. Copalis beach includes Ocean Shores, Oyhut, Ocean City and Copalis areas while Mocrocks includes Iron Springs, Roosevelt Beach, Seabrook, Pacific Beach and Moclips. Maps of the beaches can be found on WDFW’s razor clam webpage at wdfw. wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/ razorclams/current.html. Under state law, diggers at open beaches can take 15 razor clams per day and are required to keep the first 15 they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container. All diggers age 15 or older must have an applica- ble 2016-17 fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach. Licenses, ranging from a three-day razor clam license to an annual combina- tion fishing license, are avail- able on WDFW’s website at fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and from license vendors around the state. 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