SCOTUS goes with POTUS on travel ban ruling

"But not next door to me"

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday has ruled to uphold President Trump's temporary travel ban from several countries that import terrorists to the West and are state sponsors of that mental derangement.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion which was apparently agreed with by Justices Neil Gorsuch and Anthony Kennedy. This gave Trump a much needed win on the immigration issue.

Roberts noted that the President "lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him under Section 1182(f) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States."

Also noted by the Court is that Trump's interest in preserving national security, particularly regarding terrorism concerns, overrides concerns pertaining to the free exercise of religion as codified in the First Amendment Establishment Clause.

Liberal opponents to the ban have tried to argue that because the ban affected Muslim countries, Islam itself was being targeted. And while a theological case can be made to justify targeting those who follow some aspects of the religion, the Court ruled in favor of POTUS.

In other words, the Court stuck to the traditional "strict scrutiny" standard, stating the President must have a compelling reason to override guarantees of religious freedom, and in the case of the travel ban, it's absolutely possible the danger of importing known terrorists or their supporters outweigh potential First Amendment concerns.

Liberal officials protected by armed guards and living in protected dwellings don't see the problem the same way as the average person and have asked the Court to apply a more lenient "rational basis" standard.

The Court disagreed on the matter in spite of Trump's hair-trigger tweets about Islam.

Since this was a decision merely on an injunction, prohibiting the travel ban from being fully enacted, the decision will return to the lower courts, who granted the injunction pending the outcome of travel ban challenges.

This is a relatively big victory for Trump and an even bigger one to the U.S.

Now if we can only legislate on the immigration situation, the Democrats will self-combust.


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