On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) partially lifted the injunction and agreed to hear arguments on President Trump’s March 6, 2017 executive order entitled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (the “Order”). The Order suspends unrestricted entry into the United States for nationals of six countries: Iran Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days. The Order, which would have become effective as of March 16, 2017, was suspended on March 15, 2017 after a federal court in Hawaii issued a nationwide temporary restraining order against its implementation. On that same day, a federal court in Maryland published a decision to block the Order’s 90-day suspension.? The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed both decisions to SCOTUS and SCOTUS has agreed to hear both of the appeals, consolidating the cases for argument.
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