{"id":7946,"date":"2018-06-26T21:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T04:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2018-06-26T21:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T04:32:52","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=7946","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Upholds Trump Muslim Travel Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court has\u00a0upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The ruling was 5-4 along partisan lines, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing for the conservative majority.<\/div>\n
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The ruling sends a strong message that Trump has broad powers under immigration law to act to protect national security and that statements made during a campaign may not be legally determinative of the President’s intent.<\/div>\n
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“The Proclamation is squarely within the scope of Presidential authority,” Roberts wrote.<\/div>\n
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n a scathing dissent she summarized aloud in court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, “History will not look kindly on the court’s misguided decision today, nor should it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump weighed in moments after the decision was announced on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cSUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a formal response, Trump hailed the decision as “a moment of profound vindication” following “months of hysterical commentary from the media and Democratic politicians who refuse to do what it takes to secure our border and our country.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Democrats maintained the policy wasn\u2019t about safety \u2014 it was about discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Trump travel ban is a gross violation of our American values, and the Supreme Court’s ruling along partisan lines does nothing to change that,” Gov. Cuomo said. \u201cThis shameful and bigoted policy is nothing but a thinly veiled attempt to govern by hate and division and continue the federal government’s assault on immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Mich), one of two Muslim members of the House, blasted the decision as one that “undermines the core value of religious tolerance on which America was founded.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The case, first filed by the state of Hawaii against the third iteration of Trump\u2019s ban, wound its way up to the nation\u2019s highest court earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Opponents calling for the end of the travel restrictions argued that it was motivated by racism and religious discrimination and hoped the Supreme Court would uphold lower court rulings striking down the ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The contentious order was one of President\u2019s first actions as President and followed months of anti-Muslim comments from Trump on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Demonstrators protest President Trump’s travel ban targeting Muslim nations during a rally at Battery Park on Jan. 29, 2017. (James Keivom \/ New York Daily News)<\/div>\n