Who's up and down in the history of Trump's travel ban
In an order last week allowing President Donald Trump's travel ban to go into effect, the Supreme Court added another chapter to a nearly yearlong fight between the Trump administration and civil rights groups over one of the most controversial policies of his presidency.
It's a battle in which each side has claimed major wins. Judges have used Trump's tweets, campaign statements and verbal outbursts to knock down the ban, ruling repeatedly that it discriminates against Muslims and violates immigration law.
But the Trump administration has landed the biggest victories in two temporary orders by the Supreme Court allowing versions of the ban to go into effect. The administration has hailed the orders - each a page or two long - as evidence that the president is within his power to restrict travel in the name of
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