Setting the Record Straight: The Supreme Court and the Immigration Ban
Conservatives and Trump were rejoicing on Monday, June 26, 2017 and claiming a victory on the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion issued that day. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in cases appealed from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and granted a stay of certain parts of the preliminary injunctions that stopped Trump's immigration ban from going into effect. If you don't know exactly what the previous sentence means, you are not alone. Let's break down what the Supreme Court "opinion" means.