A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary nationwide restraining order Friday stopping President Trump's executive order banning citizens of seven countries from entering the United States.
Judge James Robart, who was appointed by former President George Bush in 2003, ruled the executive order would be stopped nationwide, effective immediately.
The ruling, made at the request of Washington and Minnesota, is the broadest to date against Trump's executive order.
President Trump called the ruling 'ridiculous' and pledged that it would be overturned.