“Absolutely nothing in the large body of data we have about real terrorist plots in the United States remotely supports either a focus on barring refugees or a focus on these particular seven countries. Nothing.” Lawfare’s Nora Ellingsen on what the data really tells us about the threat of terrorism in the US.

+ This issue came up during the travel ban hearing in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals where judges seemed to want to know what, exactly, the emergency was. You can listen to the questioning here.

+ During a speech to law enforcement officials, “Trump insisted the order was within his executive powers and ‘a bad high school student would understand this.'” (I’m guessing none of the three judges on the 9th Circuit were bad high school students, so I’m not sure how this helps.)

+ Speaking of terrorists entering the country, an FBI reports suggests we should be worried about the border with Canada, not Mexico. (I knew it would be the Canadians. It’s always the ones who seem so nice…)