Washington:
The US Supreme Court has quashed
an appeal that had blocked a now-expired version of Donald
Trump's anti-immigration decree.
The decision was mostly symbolic victory to the
Republican president because the legal context had become
outdated; the second version of the decree prohibited for 90
days entry into the United States to travelers from six
Muslim-majority countries.
The March 6 decree, opposed by the states of Maryland and
Hawaii, was suspended. Courts of appeal, respectively, in Richmond, Virginia and
San Francisco, California, upheld the suspension decision in
May and June.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court quashed the appeal decision
on the Maryland ruling, with the suspension in Hawaii still
valid but its days likely numbered.
The White House at the end of September issued a new
decree that permanently bars nationals of seven countries from
crossing US borders, in the interest of US national security.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) also has filed
suit over the latest version of the ban.
