Judge grants injunction against Trump travel ban in Virginia, cites religious bias

A federal judge Monday granted a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing its travel ban in Virginia , adding another judicial ruling to those already in place challenging the ban’s constitutionality. The ruling is significant from a legal standpoint because U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema found that an unconstitutional religious bias is at the heart of the travel ban, and therefore violates First Amendment prohibitions on favoring one religion over another.