Brennan Center Wins Suit Over Trump's Third Muslim Ban, U.S. Supreme Court Next

"Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that President Trump’s third attempt to institute the Muslim Ban promised during his presidential campaign is likely unconstitutional. The case is now poised to come before the U.S. Supreme Court, which allowed the ban to be implemented until related litigation is complete – even though no court has yet deemed any iteration of the Muslim ban legal.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, together with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, represented six American Muslim plaintiffs in the case. The ban has had devastating consequences for their families – from a mother separated from her critically ill child, an American citizen receiving medical care in the U.S., to a Professor whose daughter is stranded in Turkey, where female refugees are frequent criminal targets..."

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