Supreme Court will review Trump travel ban

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review President Donald Trump’s blocked executive order on travel and refugees, reinstating much of the order immediately. The court said the government can enforce the ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries as long as they don’t have a “credible” connection to someone in the United States. The announcement comes on the final day of the court’s term, so the justices won’t hear oral arguments in the case until October. Lower courts blocked Trump’s initial order in January, and the administration issued a narrower version in March, which multiple courts also halted. The current order limits travel from six terror-prone countries for 90 days and suspends the nation’s refugee program for 120 days. Trump said the United States needs the travel pause to update its screening and vetting procedures. The case has broad implications on the scope of presidential power to exclude groups of people from entering the United States. Lower courts ruled Trump’s order “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination” since it primarily bars travel for Muslims.

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