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| US supreme court dismisses challenge to Trump travel ban | US supreme court dismisses challenge to Trump travel ban |
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| Justices say challenge was moot because Donald Trump signed a proclamation in September that replaced his temporary travel ban with a new version | |
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| Wed 11 Oct 2017 14.22 BST | |
| Last modified on Fri 9 Feb 2018 18.37 GMT | |
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| The supreme court on Tuesday dismissed one of two cases over Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from mostly Muslim countries, suggesting it will step away from the controversy for now. | The supreme court on Tuesday dismissed one of two cases over Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from mostly Muslim countries, suggesting it will step away from the controversy for now. |
| The court got rid of a case that originated in Maryland and involves a ban that has now expired and been replaced by a new version. | The court got rid of a case that originated in Maryland and involves a ban that has now expired and been replaced by a new version. |
| But the justices took no action on a separate case from Hawaii. That dispute concerns both the travel ban and a separate ban on refugees, which does not expire until 24 October. | But the justices took no action on a separate case from Hawaii. That dispute concerns both the travel ban and a separate ban on refugees, which does not expire until 24 October. |
| Dismissing the cases would allow the court to avoid ruling on difficult legal issues, at least for a while. | Dismissing the cases would allow the court to avoid ruling on difficult legal issues, at least for a while. |
| The justices had combined the two cases and set them for argument that was to have taken place on Tuesday. But after the travel ban expired last month and a new policy was rolled out, the court canceled the argument and began to weigh whether it should decide the legality of the policy after all. | The justices had combined the two cases and set them for argument that was to have taken place on Tuesday. But after the travel ban expired last month and a new policy was rolled out, the court canceled the argument and began to weigh whether it should decide the legality of the policy after all. |
| The third and latest version of the travel ban is supposed to take full effect on 18 October and already has been challenged in the courts. | The third and latest version of the travel ban is supposed to take full effect on 18 October and already has been challenged in the courts. |
| Five of the six countries included in the travel ban the supreme court was supposed to review remain in the latest version. | Five of the six countries included in the travel ban the supreme court was supposed to review remain in the latest version. |
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