A week after he was inaugurated, Trump created a constitutional showdown by issuing his executive order prohibiting nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The executive order also indefinitely forbade Syrian refugees, even those granted visas, from entry into the US. Moreover, no one from the seven listed countries has mounted a fatal terrorist attack in the United States. The Supreme Court has long held it is the role of the judiciary to stop the president when he acts unlawfully. The judges were well aware of the chaos unleashed by the executive order.

Source: Huffington Post February 16, 2017 19:07 UTC