SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [6-26-18] upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump’s power to control the flow of immigration into America at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border. In a 5-to-4 vote, the court’s conservatives said the president’s statutory power over immigration was not undermined by his history of incendiary statements about the dangers he said Muslims pose to Americans. Mr. Trump, who has battled court challenges to the travel ban since the first days of his administration, hailed the decision to uphold his third version of an executive order as a ‘tremendous victory’ and promised to continue using his office to defend the country against terrorism and extremism…Mr. Trump and his advisers have long argued that presidents are given vast authority to reshape the way America controls its borders. The president’s attempts to do that began with the travel ban and continues today with his demand for an end to ‘catch and release’ of illegal immigrants.”
-Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear, “Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power,” The New York Times online, June 26, 2018