Trump Travel Ban Upheld by Supreme Court

United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump’s highly controversial travel ban was approved by the Supreme Court today, according to Bloomberg news.

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. Wow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2018

The court ruled 5-4 in favor of the ban which was being investigated under ideological grounds. Countries including Chad, North Korea, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen will not be allowed to travel to the U.S. under the policy. This decision represents a major victory for President Trump, as the policy was one of the defining policies of his presidency.

During his 2015 presidential campaign, Trump called for a “Total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the U.S.” In response a group of opponents brought the caste to the Supreme Court, claiming the policy embodied that desire.

Just Chief Roberts claimed that the comments were not enough to nullify the policy.

"The issue before us is not whether to denounce the statements," Roberts said. "It is instead the significance of those statements in reviewing a presidential directive, neutral on its face, addressing a matter within the core of executive responsibility."

One of the dissenting justices, Sonia Sotomayor, strongly disagreed with the decision.

She claimed that the majority was "ignoring the facts, misconstruing our legal precedent, and turning a blind eye to the pain and suffering the proclamation inflicts upon countless families and individuals, many of whom are United States citizens."

"The Supreme Court has upheld the clear authority of the president to defend the national security of the United States," Trump said. "In this era of worldwide terrorism and extremist movements bent on harming innocent civilians, we must properly vet those coming into our country."