Here's the actual ruling:
http://www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...a-b72da1d30001
What it lays out is actually not a religion-based case, as reported, but the fact that States have standing to sue due to the fact that immigration orders affect the state resident's areas of employment, education, business, etc, which in turns affect the state coffers (through taxing via income, consumption, etc). This is notable in that it's exactly the same rationale by which Barry's immigration EOs when it come to dreamers, etc were confronted in court. Whereas in the Barry case the claim was that illegal/undo ented immigrants were going to impose an economic burden for the States, in this case the argument centers in that the loss of legal immigrants affect the State's economy in a negative way (among other things).
I'm sure the administration is going to request an immediate stay of the order, and resume the ban, but it will be interesting to see on how this plays out in court. The obvious difference is that in this case there's a case to be made about national security implications, but on the other hand, the fact that this was a general ban could also empower the States if they can prove the actual economic harm.

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