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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.
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Long Beach,
outer coast
beaches open
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OLYMPIA, Wash. —
State shellfish managers
approved a six-day razor
clam dig Tuesday on three
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The Washington Depart-
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ning tides at Twin Harbors,
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The remaining digging
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• 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
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tion fishing license, are avail-
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the state.
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