Supreme Court allows enforcement of revised travel ban

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Supreme Court allows enforcement of revised travel ban

Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Editor

December 4, 2017 05:09:49 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed enforcement of the Trump administration’s revised travel ban [JURIST news archive] pending further court proceedings.

Here is the order [text, PDF] staying the lower court decision in Trump v. Hawaii [docket], currently pending before the Ninth Circuit.

Here is the order [text, PDF] staying the lower court decision in Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project [docket], currently pending before the Fourth Circuit.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor would have denied both applications for stay.

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