The court again takes up a challenge to the travel ban this week. (Steve Helber/AP)A Trump administration lawyer defending the latest travel ban on Friday was pressed to explain how the court could separate the president’s latest tweets from the government’s assertions that its new policy does not target Muslims. The Supreme Court on Dec. 4 allowed President Trump’s third travel ban to be fully enforced as legal challenges in lower courts continue. Mooppan noted that challengers had alerted the Supreme Court to the recent tweets in a filing and said those statements had apparently not dissuaded the high court from lifting the injunctions. [Federal appeals court maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban]In court filings, the administration said challengers also have not shown how their constitutional rights are directly affected by the travel ban.

Source: Washington Post December 08, 2017 13:19 UTC