TRUMP AGENDA - The Travel Ban

aka "How Did Our A-Hole President's Travel Ban Got to SCUS"

"How Trump’s travel ban ended up at the Supreme Court" PBS NewsHour 4/25/2018

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SUMMARY:  President Trump's bid to bar travel from five Muslim-majority countries went before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.  Justices heard arguments on the third version of the ban, which the state of Hawaii argued is unconstitutionally discriminatory.  Jeffrey Brown looks back on how it ended up at the high court.

"What motivated Trump’s travel ban?  Supreme Court weighs relevance of campaign statements" PBS NewsHour 4/25/2018

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SUMMARY:  In arguments over President Trump's travel ban, Supreme Court justices were concerned with questions of the President's authority and whether it was his intention to discriminate against Muslims.  Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal joins Judy Woodruff to review the travel ban's day in court.

"Sally Yates on Trump’s travel ban and protecting the rule of law" PBS NewsHour 4/25/2018

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SUMMARY:  Sally Yates took a stand in refusing to defend President Trump's first travel ban.  Could she defend the one now being argued at the Supreme Court?  The former acting attorney general joins Judy Woodruff to offer her take on the case, her work to promote the importance of an independent judiciary in light of President Trump’s comments, and the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference.