In Travel Ban Case, Supreme Court Considers “The President” vs. “This President”
The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes reports that on Wednesday the Supreme Court will consider the Trump administration’s travel ban that bars entry for nationals from a group of majority-Muslim countries. Barnes writes, “The first version of the ban was issued just a week after Trump took office, and lower courts have found that it and each reformulated version since exceeded the authority granted by Congress and was motivated by Trump’s prejudice — animus, as courts like to say — toward Muslims.” He adds, “But, similar to a debate that has consumed Washington for the past 15 months, a major issue for the court is separating ‘the president’ from ‘this president.’”