The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Donald Trump's ban on nationals from five Muslim-majority countries entering the United States. The vote fell along ideological lines.
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1011618053107408900
BREAKING: SCOTUS has upheld Trump's Muslim ban. This is not the first time the Court has been wrong, or has allowed official racism and xenophobia to continue rather than standing up to it.
History has its eyes on us — and will judge today's decision harshly. #NoMuslimBanEver
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 26, 2018
NBC News reports: ‘Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent that based on the evidence in the case “a reasonable observer would conclude that the Proclamation was motivated by anti-Muslim animus.” She said her colleagues arrived at the opposite result by “ignoring the facts, misconstruing our legal precedent, and turning a blind eye to the pain and suffering the Proclamation inflicts upon countless families and individuals, many of whom are United States citizens.'
The ruling.
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Wrote Lambda Legal's CEO Rachel Tiven:
“This is a dark day for the United States, as shameful as the internment of Japanese-Americans and the doors slammed shut to Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. President Trump's Muslim ban has already done immense harm to thousands of people, some trying to flee violence, others cruelly separated from their families, and it's heartbreaking that the Supreme Court did not put an end to this injustice.
“This month the Court expressed deep concern about the slightest perceived animosity toward a Christian baker, but today is untroubled by the President of the United States singling out Muslims for unequal treatment. This is more than hypocritical; it threatens the foundation of bedrock American principles that government cannot show favor or disfavor to any religion. As a queer woman and a Jew, I am outraged and frightened.
“The LGBT community knows what it's like to be red meat for a demagogue's base. Future generations will ask us what we did to object. We stand in solidarity with our Muslim family – straight and gay – and pledge our continued support to fight the ban and the stigma, discrimination, and violence it helps encourage.”
