Supreme Court upholds Muslim travel ban

No Images? Click here         Supreme Court Rules 5-4 In Favor Of Trump’s Travel Ban The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban in a 5-4 ruling. “The government has set forth a sufficient national security justification to survive rational basis review,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court’s five conservatives.  “Because there is persuasive evidence that the entry suspension has a legitimate grounding in national security concerns, quite apart from any religious hostility, we must accept that independent justification,” Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. The ban, announced in September, is the third iteration of a Trump policy to crack down on immigration from Muslim-majority countries. Lower courts blocked the ban last fall until the Supreme Court allowed it to go into effect in December while legal proceedings continued in the case Trump v. Hawaii. The state of Hawaii argued that the ban discriminates based on nationality and specifically targets Muslims. The Trump administration, meanwhile, contended that such a ban is a necessity for national security purposes.   READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Trump’s family detention policy will cost billions of dollars that ICE doesn’t have. Trump’s executive order is as much of a pipe dream as his border wall — unless Congress wants to pay for it. READ MORE A federal judge dismissed groundbreaking climate change lawsuits against big oil. San Francisco and Oakland had sued major oil firms to hold them accountable for global warming’s damaging effects. READ MORE Reality Winner, the National Security Agency leaker, pled guilty to espionage. Winner is the first to be convicted in the Trump era for disclosing classified documents to the media. READ MORE         ICYMI The intern who yelled "f**k you" as Trump walked through the Capitol was suspended. The woman will keep her job in Sen. Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) office, however.   "Children as young as 5" could face immigration court alone, experts say. Kids who aren’t even old enough to know the name of their home country may be forced to navigate a complex legal system by themselves.   Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor issued a scathing dissent of the SCOTUS travel ban decision. The justices argue Trump’s order was “motivated by anti-Muslim animus.”       Want more?  Texas Tested A Strategy For Discriminating Against Voters. It Worked.   Immigration Protesters Rally Outside Stephen Miller’s Apartment   Antwon Rose Protests Continue In Days Following Teen’s Police Shooting Death   HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe