A divided U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s travel ban take full effect while legal challenges go forward, handing him a major victory and suggesting the court ultimately will uphold the restrictions.
Trump will now be able to bar or restrict entry by people from six mostly Muslim countries, even if they have a relationship with a U.S.-based person or institution. The order effectively supersedes a compromise the justices reached in June, when they let an earlier version of the ban take partial effect but exempted people with a “bona fide” U.S. connection.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the new order.
Lower courts had partially blocked the new policy, issuing orders that tracked the Supreme Court’s June decision.
[contentcards url=”http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/363183-supreme-court-allows-full-trump-travel-ban-to-take-effect” target=”_blank”]Anyone from these countries is now banned from stepping foot in the U.S. #TravelBan
• Iran
• Syria
• Libya
• Somalia
• Yemen
• Chad
• North Koreahttps://t.co/s8IyLkiWH0— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) December 4, 2017