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University of Michigan
Law Professor at the University of Michigan; former clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Richard Primus
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Constitutionality of travel ban goes to Supreme Court The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to decide whether the travel ban is legal. It asked the court to immediately overturn a decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. As with so many cases that go before the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy is likely to be a swing vote. One close court watcher has written that Justice Kennedy may see this case as an “opportunity” to overturn Korematsu v. United States.
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