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Tuesday 27 June 2017
Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set

By MARK SHERMAN by courts. That means it will
Associated Press take effect Thursday morn-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ing.
Supreme Court is allowing The president has denied
President Donald Trump to that the ban targets Mus-
forge ahead with a limited lims but says it is needed
version of his ban on trav- “to protect the nation from
el from six mostly Muslim terrorist activities” commit-
countries to the U.S. Trump ted by citizens of the six
hailed the decision as a countries. All six have been
“victory for national se- designated as present-
curity,” but it’s likely to set ing heightened concerns
off a new round of court about terrorism and travel
disputes over anti-terror ef- to the United States.
forts and religious discrimi- The 90-day ban is neces-
nation. sary to allow an internal
The justices will hear full ar- review of screening pro-
guments in October in the cedures for visa applicants
case that has stirred heat- from the countries, the ad-
ed emotions across the na- ministration says.
tion and pointed rebukes That review should be
from lower courts saying complete before Oct. 2,
the administration is tar- the first day the justices
geting Muslims. Until then, could hear arguments in
the court said Monday, their new term.
Trump’s ban on visitors from Bryce Howard, 15, of Everett, Wash., left, and other visitors gather at the Supreme Court in Wash- The ban will have run its
Iran, Libya, Somalia, Su- ington, Monday, June 26, 2017, as justices issued their final rulings for the term. The high court is course by then, raising a
dan, Syria and Yemen can letting a limited version of the Trump administration ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries question of whether the
be enforced if those visitors take effect, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young justices will even issue a
lack a “credible claim of a presidency. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) decision in the case or dis-
bona fide relationship with miss it because it has been
a person or entity in the the United States. A senior without well-established caused chaos and confu- overtaken by events.
United States.” official said plans already ties. Those groups said they sion. The court asked both sides
The ruling sets up a po- had been written to en- will be sending lawyers and State Department spokes- to address the issue of tim-
tential clash between the force the ban aggressively. monitors back to American woman Heather Nauert ing, along with questions
government and oppo- But immigrant groups said airports, where the initial, said the ban would be about whether the ban is
nents of the ban over the relatively few people try immediate implementa- implemented starting 72 aimed at Muslims, the im-
strength of visitors’ ties to to enter the United States tion of the ban in January hours after being cleared pact of Trump’s provoca-
tive campaign statements
and federal courts’ author-
ity to restrain the president
in the area of immigration.
A 120-day ban on refu-
gees also is being allowed
to take effect on a similar,
limited basis.
Three of the court’s con-
servative justices said they
would have let the admin-
istration apply the bans
without the limits imposed
by their colleagues.
Justice Clarence Thomas,
joined by Samuel Alito
and Neil Gorsuch, said the
government has shown it is
likely to win the legal case
in the end. Thomas said the
government’s interest in
preserving national secu-
rity outweighs any hardship
to people denied entry
into the country.
Trump hailed the court’s
order as a “clear victory
for our national security,”
especially after lower court
rulings that blocked the
travel ban in its entirety. He
said in a statement that his
“number one responsibil-
ity” is to keep Americans
safe.q