Trump travel ban: What did we learn from the ruling??

Federal circuit courts usually toil in anonymity. They are a legal rest stop for landmark cases on the way to the Supreme Court.

But this week it was different. All eyes were on three judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, who, for a brief moment, had the fate of Donald Trump's immigration order in their hands.

They were considering whether to sustain a temporary injunction preventing implementation of Mr Trump's sweeping travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim nations.

On Thursday night they gave their ruling. Mr Trump's order stayed on ice.

Here are three things we learned from the ruling - and two questions that remain unanswered.