Liberal Justices Question Trump’s Travel Ban
- Argument on Trump policy at U.S. high court is continuing
- Opponents say travel ban is motivated by anti-Muslim bias
Travel ban gets support
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Liberal members of the Supreme Court questioned President Donald Trump’s travel ban as the justices took their first direct look at a policy that indefinitely bars more than 150 million people from entering the country.
The questions came early in an argument Wednesday that is scheduled to last an hour. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Democratic appointee, asked, "Where does the president get the authority" to impose the ban when Congress already enacted a visa waiver process that required heightened vetting in some cases.