A Feb. 7 hearing about whether to overrule a federal judge in Seattle’s restraining order was heard within a Federal appellate court in San Francisco Tuesday. The case presented pertains to Washington state and Minnesota having filed suit against the Trump administration over the President’s executive order issued Jan. 27 instantly stopping entry into the US from those holding passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

A federal judge in Seattle issued a Feb. 3 order that temporarily halted the ban, leading to the US government’s cessation from its enforcement Feb. 4.

In a recent phone hearing, the 9th Circuit Appeals Court’s three judge panel listened to arguments coming from general Noah Purcell of Washington state on one side and DOJ special counsel August Flentje on the other side.

In a brief filed with the 9th Circuit Court, Washington state attorneys said that Trump’s executive order “had immediate and significant effects,” blocking noncitizen U.S. residents who were abroad from returning home.

9th Circuit judge William Canby asked in response to the debate, “How many federal offenses have we had from people coming in with visas from these countries? … There haven’t been any.”