Article snippet: Attorney General the Supreme Court order that exempted visa applicants who could establish a “bona fide” relationship with citizens or entities of the United States. U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson of Hawaii, who in March was the first to issue a nationwide injunction against the second iteration of the travel ban, rebuked the administration’s position that created a narrow list of “family relations that it claims satisfies” the standards laid out by the Supreme Court. The administration’s interpretation, Watson wrote, "represents the antithesis of common sense." In a statement Friday, Sessions expressed disappointment at the decision, invoking the administration's partial success in overturning Watson's earlier ruling on the ban. "The Supreme Court has had to correct this lower court once, and we will now reluctantly return directly to the Supreme Court to again vindicate the rule of law and the Executive Branch's duty to protect the nation," said Sessions. Judge Watson’s order means that the administration must now significantly expand the list of family relationships that would allow visa applicants to get around the travel ban. Following the Supreme Court decision in June, the government had provided guidance to U.S. consular officials worldwide, with a list of exemptions that included only parents, parents-in-law, spouses, children, fiancé/ées, adult sons and daughters, sons- and daughters-in-law, siblings and step-relationships. ... Link to the full article to read more