Trump Travel Ban Looks Poised for Victory at U.S. Supreme Court
By Greg Stohr, April 25, 2018, 10:17 AM CDT Updated on April 25, 2018, 12:40 PM CDT
--Roberts, Kennedy skeptical of arguments against directive
--Opponents say Trump’s policy motivated by anti-Muslim bias
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-gets-support-from-key-justices-at-high-court
Selected quotes:
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban as two key justices used an argument session to aim skeptical questions at a lawyer challenging the policy.
Chief Justice John Roberts suggested he doubted that the policy was unconstitutionally tainted by Trump’s campaign call for a Muslim ban at the border. Roberts asked whether those types of comments would prevent a president from taking the advice of his military staff to launch an air strike against Syria.
Another pivotal justice, Anthony Kennedy, suggested he understood Katyal to be asking the court to second-guess the president on whether a national-security emergency warranted border restrictions.
But Justice Samuel Alito noted that Trump’s policy affects only a small percentage of the world’s Muslims.
"It does not look at all like a Muslim ban," he said. "There are other justifications that jump out as to why these particular countries were put on the list."
By Greg Stohr, April 25, 2018, 10:17 AM CDT Updated on April 25, 2018, 12:40 PM CDT
--Roberts, Kennedy skeptical of arguments against directive
--Opponents say Trump’s policy motivated by anti-Muslim bias
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-gets-support-from-key-justices-at-high-court
Selected quotes:
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban as two key justices used an argument session to aim skeptical questions at a lawyer challenging the policy.
Chief Justice John Roberts suggested he doubted that the policy was unconstitutionally tainted by Trump’s campaign call for a Muslim ban at the border. Roberts asked whether those types of comments would prevent a president from taking the advice of his military staff to launch an air strike against Syria.
Another pivotal justice, Anthony Kennedy, suggested he understood Katyal to be asking the court to second-guess the president on whether a national-security emergency warranted border restrictions.
But Justice Samuel Alito noted that Trump’s policy affects only a small percentage of the world’s Muslims.
"It does not look at all like a Muslim ban," he said. "There are other justifications that jump out as to why these particular countries were put on the list."
