US Supreme Court gives nod to revised Trump travel ban
The government can go ahead and implement the ban even though challenges in lower courts are still pending, the Supreme Court has ruled
Washington — The US Supreme Court said on Monday that the government could fully enforce a revised ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim countries, pending appeal, backing President Donald Trump in the year-long battle over the controversial measure. The court stayed October rulings from two lower courts that had blocked implementation of the ban on visitors from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen while legal challenges to it continued. The third version of Trump’s travel ban, unveiled in September, drew immediate challenges in federal appeals courts in Richmond, Virginia and San Francisco, California. Plaintiffs argued that the measure targets Muslims in violation of the US Constitution and does not advance security goals as the government claims. The challengers convinced the lower courts to put implementation on hold while they and government lawyers fight out the legality of the policy. But the Trump administration, which says the ban is crucial to protect US nationa...
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