After being blocked for months by lower courts, President Trump’s executive orders that restricted travel from several predominantly Muslim nations have finally reached the Supreme Court. The justices seem focused on one question: Should the president’s authority have anything to do with his personal beliefs?
On today’s episode:
• Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to defer to the president’s national security judgments and discount his campaign promises to impose a “Muslim ban.”
• Read annotated excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on the travel ban.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: Trump’s Travel Ban Goes to the Supreme Court | New York Times
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