The Whitehouse resident--and U.S. government--blinked.  We'll never know how much Trump's Presidential Order cost U.S. taxpayers. It was a very political--and, frankly, an economic--move.  The image of a long, drawn out and very public court case was not a nice one and the settlement here is not surprising. 

"We are pleased with the settlement and that this chapter in the fight is done," said American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Lee Gerlent."

This is bound to be a long book.  Chapter 2: refusal of visas when these individuals reapply.  Chapter 3: the stipulation of a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States." Chapter 4: Transgender individuals banned from the military.

Outlines for these chapters in the avoid-court-at-all-costs non-fiction tome are already in place.  Who knows what direction this Presidential Order & Tweet narrative will go from there? The plot thickens with each day this President inhabits the Whitehouse...