Trump administration asks for Supreme Court review of Fourth Circuit travel ban ruling
David Savage of the Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S. government asked the Supreme Court late last night to revive his temporary ban on foreigners arriving from six majority-Muslim nations. As Savage puts it, “At issue is whether Trump’s revised travel order is a legitimate effort to protect the nation from terrorism or a thinly veiled scheme to screen out Muslims.”
In a lengthy appeal filed last night, Justice Department lawyers asked the high court for an emergency order that revives the travel ban in the revised Executive Order, and they urged the justices to review and reverse last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which declared it unconstitutional.
Edith Roberts on SCOTUSBlog collects reports and commentary on the Trump administration’s efforts to secure Supreme Court review. Amy Howe on SCOTUSBlog analyzes the U.S. government’s submission.
Stay tuned!
UPDATE (June 3); The justices have asked the challengers to file responses to the petition for review and the requests for stays of the lower courts’ rulings. Those responses are due on or before 3 p.m. on Monday, June 12.)
KJ