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Wednesday 27 June 2018

High court OKs Trump’s travel ban, rejects Muslim bias claim

By MARK SHERMAN War II. Roberts responded
Associated Press in his opinion that “Kore-
WASHINGTON (AP) — A matsu has nothing to do
sharply divided Supreme with this case” and “was
Court upheld President gravely wrong the day it
Donald Trump’s ban on was decided.”
travel from several mostly The travel ban was among
Muslim countries Tuesday, the court’s biggest cases
the conservative majority this term and the latest in
taking his side in a major a string of 5-4 decisions in
ruling supporting his presi- which the conservative
dential power. A dissenting side of the court, bolstered
liberal justice said the court by the addition of Gorsuch
was making a historic mis- last year, prevailed. He was
take by refusing to recog- chosen by Trump after Re-
nize the ban discriminates publicans in the Senate
against Muslims. refused to grant a hearing
The 5-4 decision was a big to federal appeals Judge
victory for Trump in the Merrick Garland who was
court’s first substantive rul- nominated by Obama in
ing on one of his adminis- March 2016.
tration’s policies. It also was Soon after the ruling, the
the latest demonstration of campaign of Senate Ma-
a newly invigorated con- jority Leader Mitch McCo-
servative majority and a nnell of Kentucky, who or-
bitter defeat for the court’s Protesters call out against the Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump’s travel chestrated the strategy to
liberals. The ruling came on ban outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. keep the high court seat
an issue that has been cen- Associated Press away from Obama, tweet-
tral for Trump, from his cam- for the five conservative jus- presidents’ considerable tions to the country. ed a photo of McConnell
paign outbursts against tices, including Trump nom- authority over immigration In a dissent she summarized and Gorsuch.
“radical Islamic terrorism” inee Neil Gorsuch, who got and responsibility for keep- aloud in court, Justice So- The Trump policy applies to
through his presidency. He his seat only after Repub- ing the nation safe. He re- nia Sotomayor said, “Histo- travelers from five countries
tweeted a quick reaction licans blocked President jected the challengers’ ry will not look kindly on the with overwhelmingly Muslim
— “Wow!” — and then cel- Barack Obama’s nominee claim of anti-Muslim bias court’s misguided decision populations — Iran, Libya,
ebrated at greater length for the last 10 months of that rested in large part on today, nor should it.” Jus- Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
before TV cameras. Obama’s term. Trump’s own tweets and tices Stephen Breyer, Ruth It also affects two non-
Chief Justice John Roberts Roberts wrote that the trav- statements over the past Bader Ginsburg and Elena Muslim countries, blocking
wrote the majority opinion el ban was well within U.S. three years. Kagan also dissented. travelers from North Ko-
But Roberts was careful not Sotomayor wrote that rea and some Venezuelan
to endorse either Trump’s based on the evidence government officials and
statements about immigra- in the case “a reasonable their families. A sixth major-
Paradise in the Caribbean tion in general or Muslims observer would conclude ity Muslim country, Chad,
in particular, including his that the Proclamation was was removed from the list
campaign call for “a com- motivated by anti-Muslim in April after improving “its
plete and total shutdown animus.” She said her col- identity-management and
of Muslims entering the leagues in the majority ar- information sharing prac-
United States.” rived at the opposite re- tices,” Trump said in a proc-
“We express no view on the sult by “ignoring the facts, lamation.
soundness of the policy,” misconstruing our legal The administration had
Roberts wrote. precedent and turning a pointed to the Chad deci-
The travel ban has been blind eye to the pain and sion to show that the restric-
fully in place since Decem- suffering the Proclamation tions were premised only on
ber, when the justices put inflicts upon countless fami- national security concerns.
the brakes on lower court lies and individuals, many The challengers, though,
rulings that had ruled the of whom are United States argued that the court
policy out of bounds and citizens.” could not just ignore all that
blocked part of it from be- She likened the case to the had happened, beginning
ing enforced. It applies discredited Korematsu V. with Trump’s campaign
even to people with close U.S. decision that upheld tweets to prevent the entry
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