Donald Trump will replace executive order for ‘Muslim ban’ in the ‘near future’ to avoid getting tied up in ‘time-consuming litigation’

DONALD Trump is planning to replace his executive order suspending travel from seven Muslim-majority countries "in the near future."

The new filing by the Justice Department now means that any appeals launched against the President's original travel ban which is currently on hold and caught up in the courts could now be disregarded.

And it means that people from those seven countries cited in the ban, which have predominantly Muslim populations, will again be banned from coming into the US.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the president said: "The new order is going to be very much tailored to what I consider to be a very bad decision.

"We can tailor the order to that decision and get just about everything, in some ways more."

The Justice Department stated in the filing: "In so doing, the President will clear the way for immediately protecting the country rather than pursuing further, potentially time-consuming litigation."

In Trump's original order, which was issued on January 27, there was a ban on people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days.

Refugees were banned for 120 days, except those from Syria, who were banned indefinitely.

Trump said his directive, issued last month, was necessary to protect the United States from attacks by Islamist militants.

However it was launched with no warning, and the immigration system was plunged into chaos.

People were turned away from flights, their were mass protests at airports and a wave of criticism from those countries targeted.

Some of America's leading corporations, especially technology firms, which lean heavily on immigrant talent also spoke out against the order.

Olympian Mo Farah spoke out against the ban branding it unfair.

U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspended the order nationwide after Washington state challenged its legality, eliciting a barrage of angry Twitter messages from Trump against the judge and the court system.

A three judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week upheld Robart's ruling.

The Justice Department court filing said Trump's order would be "substantially revised" but did not provide details. Last week an congressional aide who asked not to be identified told Reuters that Trump might rewrite the original order to explicitly exclude green card holders, or permanent residents.

An unidentified 9th Circuit judge last week requested that the court's 25 full-time judges vote on whether that should be reconsidered by an 11-judge panel, known as en banc review.

While the Justice Department on Thursday did not seek en banc review, it did take issue with the 9th Circuit's ruling, saying "it should not remain circuit precedent," and asking that it be vacated when the president issues a new order.

In a separate court filing, the states of Washington and Minnesota said the 9th Circuit panel ruling "is firmly grounded in precedent." The appeals court should not reconsider the ruling, they said.

On Thursday at his press conference Trump said his rollout of the original travel ban was "very smooth" but the administration got a bad court decision.

He said his new order would be written to conform to legal rulings.

The travel ban isn't the only controversial order Trump has introduced - his discussions regarding abortion have not been not well received.

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