Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Deconstructing America - part whatever

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect, pending legal challenges.

The decision is a boost for Mr Trump's policy against travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.

The ruling covers the third version of the directive that the president has issued since taking office.

Seven of the nine justices lifted injunctions on Monday imposed by lower courts against the policy.

  BBC
Even Kagan voted to allow it. Only Ginsberg and Sotomayor voted to keep the ban blocked.
Federal appeals courts in San Francisco, California, and Richmond, Virginia, will hear arguments this week on whether the latest iteration of the policy is lawful.

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The case will eventually end up back in the Supreme Court.

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David Levine, a University of California Hastings law school professor, told the Associated Press news agency: "It suggests that from their understanding, the government is more likely to prevail on the merits than we might have thought."

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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the ruling "a substantial victory for the safety and security of the American people".
Jeff Sessions is full of shit.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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