The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of President Donald Trump's September order to restrict travel from several majority Muslim countries to the United States.
In the 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court found that Trump's travel restriction fell "squarely" within the president's authority. The court rejected claims that the ban was motivated by religious hostility.
"The [order] is expressly premised on legitimate purposes: preventing entry of nationals who cannot be adequately vetted and inducing other nations to improve their practices," Roberts wrote. "The text says nothing about religion."
The case, Trump v. Hawaii, has been central to the administration's travel policy, presenting a key test of the president's campaign promise to restrict immigration and secure America's borders.
Trump, who issued the ban in September, hailed the ruling in the case.
The travel restriction, the administration's third, affects people from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Chad was dropped from the list of affected countries in April.
Previous versions of the ban were revised after facing challenges in court.
Arenta on June 26th, 2018 at 18:03 UTC »
"The exclusion of aliens is a fundamental act of sovereignty … inherent in the executive power," the Supreme Court said in 1950. And lest there be doubt, Congress adopted a provision in 1952 saying the president "may by proclamation and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens and any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants" whenever he thinks it "would be detrimental to the interests of the United States."
seancarter90 on June 26th, 2018 at 14:32 UTC »
This might be asking too much of Reddit, but I encourage people to at least read the opinion summary before commenting: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf
From what I understand, the Supreme Court ruled this way because Trump had the full authority to implement the order.
EDIT: To all the people posting about reading the whole thing: I encouraged people to read the SUMMARY, which is about 5 pages with very wide margins, not the whole opinion. It takes all of five minutes, ten tops, to do so.
James_K_PoIk on June 26th, 2018 at 14:24 UTC »
Court ruled 5-4.
Here is the opinion for those who want to read it.