Supreme Court to hear Trump's travel ban case in October

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The Supreme Court handed down the final opinions of its nine-month term Monday, with a 5-4 decision on the death penalty case Davila v. Davis, a 5-4 decision on the securities case California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., and a 7-2 decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer.

Likely the biggest news out of the court Monday is the announcement that the justices agreed to review President Trump's travel ban in October, which bars immigration from six majority-Muslim nations. In the meantime, the justices lifted the injunction against the ban, meaning it can be enforced except against individuals who have a "bona fide relationship" to the U.S., including a relative in America. The ruling "represents a setback for immigration rights and civil liberties groups that had bottled up two executive orders through legal action, exacerbating the president's battles with federal courts that began during the election campaign," USA Today writes.

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