Supreme Court asked by White House to permit travel ban

Image: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco

On November 13th, three judges of the San Francisco 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a part of the Trump administration's travel ban concerning six Muslim countries with no connections to the U.S: Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Chad. Trump's administration argued to the Supreme Court that this travel ban was different from the other bans by being "based on national-security and foreign-affairs objectives, not religious animus." However, the Supreme Court is likely to repeal the decision just like the previous travel ban back in January.

In retaliation to this travel ban, the state of Hawaii sued to stop this ban by arguing that Trump did not have the power to impose federal immigration law on six Muslim countries. Derrick Watson, a U.S. District Judge in Honolulu, ruled that there was a high chance that Hawaii would succeed with its argument.

Discussion: What is your stance concerning the Circuit Court of Appeals' decision concerning the travel ban? Do you think the Supreme Court will repeal the travel ban?

Sources:
NY Times
CNN
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