Trump’s Travel Ban Comes Before Supreme Court in Test of Presidential Power
- President’s policy is driven by anti-Muslim bias, critics say
- Trump v. Hawaii argument to test president’s power at border
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Fifteen months after Donald Trump’s first travel ban set the in-your-face tone for his presidency, the controversy finally comes before the Supreme Court in a showdown over the limits of the president’s power to control who enters the country.
In arguments Wednesday, the justices for the first time will directly confront the policy, which in its latest version restricts entry by people from seven countries, five of them predominantly Muslim.