Conservative Legal Experts Weigh In On SCOTUS Travel Ban Ruling

Ken Klukowski, General Counsel to the American Civil Rights Union:

“The Supreme Court correctly held that President Trump’s immigration policy is well within the scope of his authority under Congress’s immigration law, and also is permitted by the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs’ argument that Presidential Proclamation 9645 is an establishment of religion rested on two Supreme Court cases from 1971 and 2005. The Court agreed with the ACRU’s argument that those discredited cases have no bearing on immigration policy, and highlights the fact that the Supreme Court is following the original public meaning of the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which every American should celebrate as advancing the rule of law under our form of government.”

Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law at the South Texas College of Law:

“The Supreme Court upheld the entirety of President Trump’s travel bans, adopting each and everyone one of the government’s defense of the policy. The Court recognized the troubling statements made by the then-Candidate, and now-President Trump, but granted the presidency the deference it is due.”