Supreme Court to review US travel ban case
Supreme Court to review US travel ban case: The ban was earlier blocked by the lower courts which cited it as being discriminatory. Two separate emergency applications have now been filed by the government with the courts nine justices, these application will seek to overturn those lower court rulings.
Earlier the controversial ban had prompted protests and debate across the US.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said “We have asked the Supreme Court to hear this important case and are confident that President Trump’s executive order is well within his lawful authority to keep the Nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism, The president is not required to admit people from countries that sponsor or shelter terrorism, until he determines that they can be properly vetted and do not pose a security risk to the United States.”
The original executive order of President Trump’s order in January had been defeated after a legal challenge which was initially mounted by Washington state and Minnesota.
The President had later signed a revised order in March which had barred new visas for people from Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. The new order also temporarily blocks all refugees.
In response, a district court in Maryland had found that the ban had violated constitutional rights and temporarily blocked it.
Furthermore a federal judge in Hawaii had also sided with opponents that the ban was discriminatory and had cited “questionable evidence” in the government’s argument that the ban was a matter of national security.
In the Last month, a federal appeals court in Virginia had driven President Trump a fresh blow after it had refused to lift the temporary block.
In response to the governments security argument the statement had said that it was a”secondary justification for an executive order rooted in religious animus and intended to bar Muslims from this country.”
The justice department then said it would seek a Supreme Court review of the appeals verdict.
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