10/10/2017

IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court is one step closer to sidestepping a decision on President Donald Trump’s expiring travel ban, even while lawsuits on a new version of the ban move forward.
The high court late Tuesday [10-10-17] dismissed one of two pending cases on Mr. Trump’s executive order from March that barred travel to the U.S. by people from six Muslim majority countries. The president said the ban was needed for national security, while his critics said the prohibition unlawfully targeted people because of their religion.
The justices, in a two-paragraph order, said the case was moot because the old six-country ban expired. It was replaced by a new, third version of the travel ban the president issued Sept. 24 that focuses on nationals from eight countries, including the non-Muslim majority nations of North Korea and Venezuela.
Lawsuits already are moving forward in lower courts challenging the new restrictions.”

-Brent Kendall, “Supreme Court Dismisses Case on Trump Travel Ban,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 10, 2017 09:02pm