西雅圖法官叫停特朗普旅行禁令

A federal judge in Seattle late on Friday temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s travel clampdown, issuing a ruling that applies on a nationwide basis.

週五晚間，西雅圖一名聯邦法官暫停了美國總統唐納德·特朗普(Donald Trump)簽發的旅行禁令，該裁決適用於全國範圍。

US District Judge James Robart, who was appointed to the bench in 2003 by former President George W Bush, granted a request by Washington’s state attorney-general to stop implementation of Mr Trump’s ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations.

美國聯邦地方法院法官詹姆斯?羅伯特(James Robart)批准了華盛頓州總檢察長的申請，停止執行特朗普對七個穆斯林國家難民和旅行者的禁令。羅伯特法官是前總統小布什(George W Bush)在2013年任命的。

The judge’s temporary restraining order will remain in nationwide effect until Mr Robart considers the state’s challenge to the president’s January 27 travel ban as illegal and unconstitutional.

羅伯特法官的臨時限制令將在全國範圍內生效，直到他認爲華盛頓州對特朗普1月27日簽署旅行禁令的挑戰爲非法和違憲。

“The Constitution prevailed today,” said Bob Ferguson, the state attorney-general. “No one is above the law — not even the president.”

華盛頓州總檢察長鮑勃?弗格森(Bob Ferguson)表示：“憲法今天勝出了。沒人高於法律，總統也不行。”

The White House responded several hours later, vowing “at the earliest possible time” to have the US Department of Justice seek an emergency stay of the judge’s “outrageous order”. The statement added: “The president’s order is intended to protect the homeland and he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the American people.”

美國白宮在幾個小時後作出迴應，發誓將“儘早”讓美國司法部(Department of Justice)尋求措施緊急延緩羅伯特法官“離譜的命令”。該聲明還說：“總統的這條行政命令旨在保護我們的祖國，而且他擁有憲法權威和責任來保護美國人民。”

Judge Robart’s ruling came in a suit filed by the state, which drew support from local employers including Amazon and Expedia. In a declaration filed with the court, an Amazon executive said that Mr Trump’s travel ban “immediately — and negatively — impacted employees, dependants of employees, and candidates for employment with Amazon”.

羅伯特法官是就華盛頓州提出的一起訴訟作出這一裁決的，該訴訟得到了包括亞馬遜(Amazon)、Expedia在內的當地僱主的支持。在向法院提交的聲明中，一位亞馬遜高管表示特朗普的旅行禁令“對員工、員工家屬，以及亞馬遜候選僱員直接造成不利影響。”

Judge Robart acted amid continuing confusion over the impact of the president’s order.

羅伯特法官作出上述裁決之際，特朗普移民禁令的影響持續成疑。