Travel Ban Decison by The Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority.
The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court’s first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by his four conservative colleagues.
Roberts wrote that presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration. He also rejected the challengers’ claim of anti-Muslim bias.
But he was careful not to endorse either Trump’s provocative statements about immigration in
Justices Cautious To Tread On Trump’s Power Over Travel Ban
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Law360 (April 25, 2018, 4:37 PM EDT) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, with the justices appearing skeptical of the state of Hawaii’s assertion that the president overstepped his statutory immigration powers.
U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco asserted that the scope of the policy fell well within the president’s broad authority under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, also known as 1182(f) of the U.S. Code, which allows the president to “suspend
High Court Agrees To Review Trump’s Travel Ban
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The United States Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether the third iteration of the Trump administration’s ban on travel to the U.S. by nationals of several predominantly Muslim countries is unconstitutional and violates federal immigration law.
The high court agreed to review whether the bid to impose a variety of travel restrictions for nationals of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia is the result of either an exhaustive, security-based review process by various government agencies, as the federal government contends, or
