Why The 'Race Card' Is Played

Supreme Court upholds Trump's controversial travel ban: What we know now The Supreme Court on Tuesday  upheld President Donald Trump's controversial and much-litigated order limiting travel  into the United States from several countries, most of them Muslim-majority nations. The ruling restricts entry and tightens vetting for travelers bound for the U.S. from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. North Korea and some government officials in Venezuela also are part of the ban but were not involved in the legal challenge. Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion, said the issue came down to the power of the president. "The proclamation is squarely within the scope of presidential authority," Roberts wrote. Trump, however, said the ruling showed that he was right — and that liberals, Democrats and the media were wrong in deriding the ban. "We have to be tough, we have to be safe and we have to be secure," Trump said after the d