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Seven days after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending entry into the United States of citizens from seven countries with Muslim majorities. 1 National security officials were caught off guard by the order, and its hasty implementation resulted in chaos and confusion at airports in the United States and around the world. The order was immediately challenged in federal courts on both statutory and constitutional grounds. A court in Washington State blocked its nationwide enforcement, and after a federal Court of Appeals upheld that decision, President Trump tweeted,“SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!” 2 Instead of challenging the appellate court’s decision, however, President Trump revoked his first executive order and issued a second one that largely resembled the first. 3 This order, too, was purportedly justified on grounds of national …