Court Allows Parts of Trump Travel Ban to Take Effect

Supreme Court will hear arguments in the fall
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jun 26, 2017 9:47 AM CDT
Court Allows Parts of Travel Ban to Take Effect
President Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House on June 22, 2017.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

President Trump scored a significant, if partial, victory from the Supreme Court on Monday: The justices agreed to allow a scaled-down version of his travel ban to take effect. The court also agreed to hear the case in the fall, setting the stage for a ruling that could have wide implications on presidential power, reports the New York Times. The upshot is that the Trump administration can put into effect a 90-day ban on travelers from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, along with a 120-day ban on the US refugee program. However, the court imposed what the Washington Post terms an important exception. The ban "may not be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States," said the justices.

Those who have no family or business ties in the US, or who have never visited before, would likely be out of luck. The court added that the case may well be moot by the fall, noting the White House originally said the ban would be a temporary one while it reviewed vetting procedures. Once that review is completed, the restrictions would presumably be lifted anyway. Two lower courts have blocked the ban, a revised version from the Trump administration's first effort, essentially declaring it to be unconstitutional. Trump has said the ban would take effect within 72 hours of court approval. (More US Supreme Court stories.)

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