IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Monday [9-11-17] issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to exclude most refugees from entering the United States while the Supreme Court considers challenges to its revised travel ban.
The so-called administrative stay will probably be in place for only a short time, and the court is likely to issue a more considered ruling in a matter of days.
Had the Supreme Court not acted, an appeals court ruling lifting the ban on refugees would have gone into effect on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court has now interceded three times to fine-tune the scope of Mr. Trump’s revised ban while it considers broader issues about its lawfulness. Issued in January and revised in March, the ban caused chaos at airports nationwide and gave rise to a global outcry, prompting a cascade of litigation as well.
Two federal appeals courts blocked central parts of the ban. One said it violated the Constitution because it discriminated based on religion, the other said that it exceeded the president’s statutory authority to control immigration.”
-Adam Liptak, “Justice Kennedy’s Order Temporarily Leaves in Place Trump Travel Ban on Refugees,” The New York Times online, Sept. 11, 2017