Listen: Oral arguments on appeal of Trump's immigration executive order

To reverse District Judge James Robart's ruling last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit must show that it was decided in error, a difficult standard to meet — or at least that it was, as the government argues, "vastly overbroad."

The panel of judges that heard the case Tuesday included jurists named to the bench by then-presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. The court is considered the most liberal in the country, with 18 judges nominated by Democratic presidents and only seven appointed by Republicans.

You can listen to the full event in the player above.

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