News Nation Logo

US Supreme Court reinstates President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban

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.

PTI | Updated on: 26 Jun 2017, 11:57:34 PM
US Supreme Court reinstates President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban

Washington:

The US Supreme  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 travel ban - which was put on hold by lower rulings - will apply to those "who lack any bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States," until the hears the case in October, the justices ruled.

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

"Immigration, even for the president, is not a one-person show," the three justices of the Ninth Circuit of Appeals said in a ruling earlier this month.

Also Read: Modi-Trump bilateral meet: Strategic issues likely to be discussed 

"National security is not a 'talismanic incantation' that, once invoked, can support any and all exercise of executive power," they added. 

The Supreme narrowed the scope of those injunctions, saying the government could enforce its measure against "foreign nationals unconnected to the United States" without causing injury to the parties who filed suit. 

Conversely, those with a "close familial relationship" in the US are not affected. 

The revised measure, announced in March, seeks to bar from US entry travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, as well as suspend the entry of refugees for 120 days. 

The original measure, issued by executive order in January, also included Iraq on the list of targeted countries and had imposed an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees.

For all the Latest World News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps.

First Published : 26 Jun 2017, 11:10:00 PM

Videos