File Photo: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump acted well within his authority in issuing his executive order on immigration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told a federal appeals court on Wednesday.
Paxton, a Republican, attached a brief in asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California for permission to argue in support of Trump's temporary ban on travellers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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