The federal court for the Eastern District of New York has reportedly issued an emergency stay temporarily halting the removal of individuals detained after President Trump's order banned immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.

The court ruled on a habeas corpus petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday after Trump's ban, The Verge reported Saturday night.

The move marks the first successful legal challenge to the Trump administration, reportedly dealing with a portion of Trump's order handed down Friday to ban many refugees and people from majority-Muslim countries.

Trump's order bars Syrian refugees indefinitely and halts the resettlement of all refugees for four months for the administration to review the vetting process.

Admission will resume only after vetting has been deemed "adequate" by the secretary of State, the secretary of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence.

The order also denies entry for 90 days for individuals from seven predominantly Muslims countries: Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen.

This shows a flaw in the American system of checks and balances when a lower court judge becomes more powerful than a president. But I expect this will happen to trump through his entire presidenmcy. Unelected Liberal judges are going to do everything they can to stop everything he does.

Hopefully the matter will be settled quickly and the ban put back in place.

You realise that court authority isn't measured highest to lowest right? Most every decisions start in lower courts.

And that is what the judicial branch does - keeps checks and balances on the government.

The Supreme Court chooses the cases it hears from the lower court. You go from lower court to appeals court to Supreme Court IF they will hear the case. Generally, they only take cases they feel the lower courts erred or they feel the case require constitutional clarification. A decision from the lower court is as good as one from the Supreme Court in terms of standing.

Every branch should have its checks and balances, including the legislative branch and especially your lying pig of a President

It's the CONSTITUTION that's standing in Trump's way. A federal court judge just handed him the bag news.

I would hope a judge of any political background would have done the right thing here.

Yeah Right, I seriously worry for your country if you think that order was reasonable.

It does not have the right to detain people in airports who hold American green cards without a valid reason. "Because some terrorists come from these countries" doesn't cut it.

I can't believe I'm having to explain this to another human being. It seriously blows my mind.

Where did it say in the article you posted that the two Iraqi men had green cards? (nowhere)

And again where in the constitution does it say that the US must accept refugees? (nowhere)

And because the US doesn't want to do its share of the heavy lifting, the others will have to do it for them.

"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."

~~~Oath of Allegiance to the US of A

This shows a flaw in the American system of checks and balances when a lower court judge becomes more powerful than a president. But I expect this will happen to trump through his entire presidenmcy. Unelected Liberal judges are going to do everything they can to stop everything he does.

Hopefully the matter will be settled quickly and the ban put back in place.