The US Supreme Court has granted the government’s request to reinstate parts of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, handing a surprising victory to the president attempting to ban Muslims from several countries entering the United States.
The Supreme Court on Monday narrowed the scope of lower court rulings that blocked Trump’s Muslim ban from taking effect nationwide, and also agreed to hear the administration’s appeal in these cases. The ban would affect people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The court announced that it would hear arguments on the legality of Trump’s executive order in the court’s next term, which starts in October.
The court, however, granted the government’s emergency request to put the presidential decree into effect immediately while the legal battle continues.
According to the ruling, citizens of the six countries who do not have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in America…