TRUMP’S travel MEASURES Make half a COMEBACK

SC: Ban won’t be implemented for now against people who have kin in the US

washington — The US Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries, before examining the case in full this autumn.

The Trump administration’s ban — put on hold by lower court rulings — can be enforced for travellers from the targeted countries “who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States”, until the court hears the case in October, the justices ruled.

The court tempered its ruling by saying the ban could not be implemented for now against people who have personal links to the United States, citing the examples of foreign nationals wishing to visit family or students accepted to attend a university.

But the Supreme Court’s decision nonetheless marks a win for the Republican leader, who has insisted the ban is necessary for national security, despite criticism that it singles out Muslims in violation of the US constitution.

Trump had suffered a series of stinging judicial setbacks over the ban, with two federal appeals courts maintaining injunctions on it. Those courts had argued the president had overstepped his authority, and that his executive order discriminated against travellers based on their nationality.

Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project who argued one of the appellate cases brought against the ban, said he hoped the court’s decision would mark a step towards ending an “indefensible and discriminatory ban”.

“The Supreme Court now has a chance to permanently strike it down,” Jadwat said. —

Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security. Donald Trump