TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 27, 2020

After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim bias. But a federal appeals court in Richmond is set to hear arguments tomorrow from civil rights groups hoping to keep the challenges alive, WATE.com reports. The court will consider three lawsuits filed by U.S. citizens and permanent residents whose relatives have been unable to enter the country because of the ban. They argue that the high court rejected a preliminary injunction to block the travel ban but did not decide the merits of the case. The administration is asking the court to dismiss the suits.