The same panel unanimously ruled against Trump’s second travel ban, saying the president had not made a showing that allowing travellers from the listed nations would harm American interests. The justices urged those courts to rule swiftly, but offered no rationale for letting the full ban take effect in the meantime. The judges found that the ban appears impermissibly discriminatory, has no legitimate national security purpose and violates U.S. immigration law. Critics of Trump’s travel restrictions insist that they make up the Muslim ban he promised during his campaign, and judges have seized on the president’s public statements on Twitter and elsewhere in finding them unconstitutionally discriminatory. Despite the Supreme Court’s action Monday, Matt Adams, the legal director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights project, which has also fought Trump’s travel restrictions in court, said he’s hopeful it will be struck down.

Source: National Post December 06, 2017 10:18 UTC