This State Just Made a Move That Has Victims’ Families Furious, and Tom...
Oh, So That's Why Michelle Obama Skipped Trump's Inauguration
Justice Department Appeals Judge's Order to Transfer Student Accused of Aiding Hamas
This University Just Paid a Hefty Price After Firing a Professor for Criticizing...
Could Firearms Be Carried More Places in Texas? Lawsuit May Make That Happen
Some Can Now Get Non-Resident Concealed Carry Permits in This Restrictive State
It's Not Just a Population Crisis
Federal Student Loans 'Must Be Paid Back': Education Department Makes Big Announcement Abo...
Illegal Aliens Biden Welcomed In Should Not Get Trials Before Deportation, Trump Says
Van Hollen's Made Quite the Claims About Abrego Garcia During His Media Hits
This 'Independent' in Nebraska May Be Trying Again to Unseat a Republican Senator
Harvard Will Lose at SCOTUS, Dershowitz Says
Florida Just Sued This Popular Social Media App
Dems: You Know, This 'Maryland Father' Story Is Political Gold for Us
Watch As David Hogg and Reince Priebus Go At It During ABC News...
Tipsheet

Justice Roberts Pushes Back at Sotomayor's 'Wholly Inapt' Dissent Over Travel Ban

We've had so much SCOTUS news lately, why not revisit one of the court's most talked about decisions from the past week? On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump's travel ban was constitutional. It was a close 5-4 vote, with all four liberal justices dissenting. Yet, it was Sonia Sotomayor's dissent that really outraged Chief Justice John Roberts. In her rebuttal, Sotomayor tried invoking Korematsu vs. United States to throw a wrench in the Court's decision. Korematsu considered the constitutionality of an executive order that ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II.

Advertisement

Sotomayor charged that, just as in Korematsu, their travel ban decision "invoked an ill-defined national security threat to justify an exclusionary policy of sweeping proportion."

That is a "wholly inapt" argument, Roberts charged. Roberts agreed that Korematsu was "gravely" wrong. But, he said it is irrelevant to the travel ban ruling.

Trump's order bans travel to the U.S. from the nations of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, North Korea and Venezuela.

Conservatives had plenty to cheer about the last two weeks on Capitol Hill. Not only did the Court uphold the travel ban, but it sided with pro-life pregnancy centers against the abortion lobby and with non-union members against Big Labor.

Advertisement

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement