Trump’s Travel Ban Reaches Supreme Court

  • Argument is Trump’s biggest showdown yet at Supreme Court
  • Order restricts entry from seven countries, five mostly Muslim

U.S. Travel Ban Reaches Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court will directly confront President Donald Trump’s travel ban for the first time with arguments being made Wednesday in a case that could redefine the president’s power to control the nation’s borders.

More than four months after letting the ban take full effect during the litigation, the justices will weigh opponents’ contentions that the policy unconstitutionally singles out Muslims while doing little to prevent terrorism.