Trump V. Hawaii Left To The 'Moral Judgments Of History'
By Joseph Tartakovsky (June 28, 2018, 5:17 PM EDT) -- The travel ban case, Trump v. Hawaii, turned out as the consensus view predicted. A five-justice majority found that, in 8 U.S.C. §1182(f), Congress "delegated" to the president the "comprehensive" power to suspend the entry of any noncitizens whose admission he found "detrimental" to American interests. Its "plain language," the court wrote, "exudes deference to the president in every clause." So the court deferred. It found that President Donald Trump lawfully exercised his power to bar nationals of countries that posed "national security risks" after a "worldwide, multi-agency" effort undertaken by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and State Department. No fig leaves here, the court said. This was the crux of the majority's decision....
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