Emergency applications seek to override lower court rulings that immigration measures are discriminatory and violate the US constitutionDonald Trump’s administration has asked the US supreme court to allow his ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations to near into effect after it was blocked by lower courts that deemed it discriminatory.
The administration filed two emergency applications with the nine justices seeking to block two different lower court rulings that went against Trump’s 6 March order barring entry for people from Iran,Libya, Somalia, and Sudan,Syria and Yemen for 90 days while the US government implements stricter visa screening. Related: Trump's travel ban is a test for the US supreme court – and the country | Amir Ali Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com