ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Muslim Ban Challenge
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Trump administration’s latest Muslim ban. That case stems from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling against the ban. The American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations are challenging the ban and awaiting a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction to today’s Supreme Court news:
“Every version of the ban has been found unconstitutional, illegal, or both by federal trial and appellate courts. The Supreme Court can and should put a definitive end to President Trump’s attempt to undermine the constitutional guarantee of religious equality and the basic principles of our immigration laws, including their prohibition of national origin discrimination.”
More information is at: https://www.aclu.org/cases/international-refugee-assistance-project-v-trump
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