Monday, September 11, 2017

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy blocks part of 9th Circuit ruling on travel ban

CBS News reports:
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees for the time being.

Justice Kennedy has temporarily put on hold part of federal appeals court ruling last week that had narrowed President's Trump's travel ban, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford reports. In a brief order, Kennedy granted the administration's request to block the 9th Circuit's ruling that the ban wouldn't cover refugees working with U.S. refugee agencies or with formal assurances from resettlement organizations.


The 9th Circuit ruling could have allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the United States.
Imagine that.