June 26, 2018court rulingimmigration policyconstitutional lawreligious discriminationexecutive authorityimmigrationcivil libertiesreligious freedom
SCOTUS upholds Trump travel ban in Trump v. Hawaii
Chief Justice Roberts wrote the 5-4 majority upholding Proclamation 9645, the third travel ban version, barring nationals from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Somalia. Justice Sotomayor's dissent cited Trump's own public statements calling for a "Muslim ban" as evidence of religious animus. The ruling invoked the executive's broad national-security power over immigration, overruling the 9th Circuit's injunction.