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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now it's up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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President Trump's bid to bar travel from mostly Muslim nations went before the justices today.
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Jeffrey Brown begins our coverage.
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JEFFREY BROWN: Crowds of protesters grew outside the Supreme Court, as inside, the justices
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heard arguments on the third version of President Trump's travel ban.
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The state of Hawaii challenged the policy, and argued it unconstitutionally discriminates
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against people from five Muslim-majority countries.
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NEAL KATYAL, Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General: Can we have a president that says,
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in the terms he has, things like, a complete and total shutdown of Muslim immigration should
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happen in our United States?
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Our nation was founded on a different premise.
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JEFFREY BROWN: The challenge cited then-candidate Trump's own words from 2015, after terrorist
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attacks in France.
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DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and
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complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
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JEFFREY BROWN: Later, as president, Mr. Trump also re-tweeted anti-Muslim posts from Britain.
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Regardless, the Justice Department argued today the ban is not based on religion.
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders followed up.
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SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, White House Press Secretary: The focus of this travel ban has
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been on safety and security.
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It's limited to a small number of countries.
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JEFFREY BROWN: The issue has followed a winding course for more than a year.
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President Trump signed his first travel ban order one week after taking office.
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It blocked most people from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Syria from entering
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the United States for 90 days, and indefinitely banned entry for all Syrian refugees.
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Chaos erupted at airports where newly arriving travelers were detained, followed by a wave
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of protests.
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SALLY YATES, Former Acting U.S. Attorney General: I made a determination that I believed that
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it was unlawful.
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JEFFREY BROWN: Acting Attorney General Sally Yates refused to defend the ban, and President
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Trump quickly fired her.
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Eventually, key provisions of the policy were blocked in federal courts, after Washington
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and three other states filed suit.
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Less than a month later, the Trump administration announced a second travel order.
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It included six of the same Muslim-majority countries, but left out Iraq.
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It also dropped the indefinite ban on Syrian refugees, and allowed individuals with valid
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visas to enter the country.
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That version, too, was largely blocked by a federal judge, this time in Hawaii.
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DONALD TRUMP: An unprecedented judicial overreach.
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JEFFREY BROWN: The administration again appealed, and the president lashed out.
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In June 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court said the second travel ban could take effect while
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it waited to hear the case.
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Then, in September 2017, President Trump announced a third order, as the second was set to expire.
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This time, it included five of the Muslim-majority countries from the second ban, while adding
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Chad, North Korea and some government officials from Venezuela.
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Chad was eventually dropped from the list.
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Hawaii, among other states, went back to court.
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Last December, the Supreme Court allowed this latest version of the ban to take effect,
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pending today's arguments and a final decision.
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That decision is expected by June.
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For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jeffrey Brown.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: And we will hear some of today arguments before the Supreme Court right after
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the news summary.