Trump Travel Ban

Trump Travel Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court handed Trump among the most significant victories of his presidency on Tuesday, upholding his travel ban targeting numerous Muslim-majority countries.

A 4-5 judgment, with the Supreme Court 5 over conservatives in the majority and Chief Justice John Roberts communicating the deciding factor, ends at this time a fierce battle in the courts over whether the policy represented an unlawful Muslim restriction.

President Donald Trump can now claim vindication after many lower courts had obstructed his travel ban revealed in September, along with two previous versions, in legal difficulties brought by the state of Hawaii and other US States.

Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban

Donald Trump quickly reacted on Twitter: "SUPREME COURT SUPPORTS Trump Travel Ban. Wow!" We are still "Making America Great".

The White House subsequently with a declaration from President Donald Trump stating the decision as a "incredible triumph for the American people and the Constitution."

"The judgment is also a moment of extensive vindication coming after months of hysterical commentary from the fake news media and Democratic politicians who choose not to do exactly what it requires to secure our border and our country," the statement included.

Writing for the courts, Justice John Roberts stated that the government "has actually set forth an adequate national security validation" to prevail.

"We express no view on the soundness of the policy," Roberts included.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent that based upon the evidence in this ruling, "a reasonable observer had to conclude that the pronouncement was encouraged with Anti Muslim animus."

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said her colleagues reached the opposite outcome by "disregarding the facts, misconstruing our US legal precedent, and turning a blind eye to the discomfort and suffering the Proclamation causes upon countless families and individuals, a lot of whom are American citizens."

Countries Affected By Trump Travel Ban

Just days into his presidency, an executive order affecting visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen caused scenes of disruption at a number of airports across America.

After that order was struck down by the courts, the administration chose to compose a 2nd directive, that included all the original countries except Iraq, instead of appeal the initial restriction to the Supreme Court.

In a subsequent order in late September, the administration added the countries Chad, North Korea and Venezuela to the list of restricted nations while removing Sudan. Chad was then eliminated 2 months back.

The States High Courts in June and early December 2017 enabled two versions of the ban to take effect while court obstacles ran their course however had actually not fixed the legal merits of the obstacles previously.

Senator majority leader Mitch McConnell stated Tuesday evening Donald Trump "finally got it right" with the travel ban & the US Supreme Court agrees.

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