Washington, June 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling that travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries is lawful and termed it "a tremendous victory" and "moment of profound vindication".
In a 5-4 opinion, the court found that Trump's executive order on the immigration restriction fell "squarely within the scope of Presidential authority under the INA (the Immigration and Nationality Act)".
"The [order] is expressly premised on legitimate purposes: preventing entry of nationals who cannot be adequately vetted and inducing other nations to improve their practices," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.
"The text says nothing about religion." Roberts wrote, rejecting claims that the ban was motivated by religious hostility.
"Today's Supreme Court ruling is a tremendous victory for the American People and the Constitution," Trump said in a statement.
"The Supreme Court has upheld the clear authority of the President to defend the national security of the US. In this era of worldwide terrorism and extremist movements bent on harming innocent civilians, we must properly vet those coming into our country," he added.
Trump said the ruling "is also a moment of profound vindication" for his government "following months of hysterical commentary from the media and Democratic politicians who refuse to do what it takes to secure our border and our country", Efe reported.
"As long as I am President, I will defend the sovereignty, safety, and security of the American People, and fight for an immigration system that serves the national interests of the United States and its citizens. Our country will always be safe, secure, and protected on my watch," he said.
The case has been central to the White House immigration policy, presenting a key test of Trump's campaign promise to restrict immigration and secure the US borders, Xinhua reported.
Trump has signed three versions of executive orders on immigration restrictions targeting several Muslim-majority countries. The initial order, signed soon after he took office in January last year, led to days of nationwide protests and chaos at airports across the country.
The third version of Trump's travel ban barred nearly all travelers from five mainly Muslim countries, namely Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. It also adds a ban on travelers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and government officials from Venezuela.
The lower courts had ruled that all three versions either violate federal law or are unconstitutional.
Russia was secretly working for long time to create a Civil War in USA. NRA is their agent to spread hatred, violence & civil war. Now they won the cold war and they are implementing their tricks through trump. It will be too late when the Americans realize the facts.
· Trump’s supporters are demanding civility after years of attacking Muslims, Latinos, women, LGBT people, Democrats, people who live in states that didn’t vote for him.
· 17 states sue to force Trump administration to reunite migrant families in 1st legal challenge by states over practice.
· FY 2018 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program to Provide Services to Victims of Human Trafficking, the Opioid and Drug Crisis, Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Homicide and Related Crimes
· Trump said ‘’A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country-never! Their employees and customers are already very angry at them. If they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end - they surrendered, they quit! The Aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before!’’- So Trump is threatening to destroy an American company as punishment for them being hurt by his trade war. The man is a wannabe-dictator and a nut. See how well this serves you in November, GOP.
· America’s farmers and factory workers are waking up to the fact that trump’s impulsive and dangerous policies could cost them their jobs & livelihoods. -Trump is counting on the idea that his voters care about Muslim bans and immigration crackdowns and tough guy swagger around the world than about their own finances, and he’s keeping them fed with images of caged migrants and him jabbing celebrities and Canada to feed the high.
· cops are trained to say "stop resisting," even if you're NOT resisting, so that you're jacked for resisting arrest in court.
· Dear Malayalees, do not believe a word spread by dump supporters.
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Trump's most likely supreme court justice nominee is Amy Coney Barrett. She was a law professor before Trump decided to make her a federal judge in 2017. Before that, she was never a judge. she struggled to answer why she gave paid lectures to a hate group during her confirmation. She is a member of Handmaids Tale, religious sect that teaches that husbands are the heads of their wives and should take authority over the family. They are accountable to personal advisers called a “head” for men and a “handmaid” for women.
A former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,” was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia investigation and to hand over documents, and his lawyer said he planned to move on Thursday to quash it in court.
The aide, Andrew Miller, has not been mentioned before publicly in the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
1] -Trump's "most trusted" private banker at Deutsche Bank for 12 years was... Justice Kennedy's son. Interesting. Kennedy’s departure is like a resignation and more like a terminal recusal. Thiel, Palantir, Disruptive Technology, Real Estate with Don Jr. it is a blow to American Democracy.- more news later as soon as more information is received.
2] Newly-released court papers in the Manafort case show that he got a $10 million loan from Russian oligarch Deripaska to one of his shell companies: "John Hannah LLC" That company is the shell company through which he bought his Trump Tower apartment, #43-G for all cash
3] kennedy got out so that trump could pick a judge who will not sentence him to Jail…..