Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0 Is Still Unconstitutional
NOVANEWS
By Marjorie Cohn
Truthout
Featured image: Donald Trump attends the 9/11 Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, September 11, 2017. (Photo: Jim Mattis)
After federal courts struck down Donald Trump‘s first two Muslim bans, his functionaries crafted a third one. In an attempt to withstand judicial scrutiny by convincing the courts it is not really aimed at Muslims, Trump’s new travel ban (Muslim Ban 3.0) cosmetically adds two countries — Venezuela and North Korea — that do not have Muslim-majority populations. Nevertheless, the new ban suffers from the same constitutional infirmities as the first and second Muslim bans.
Trump’s second ban, which had included slight changes from his first one, was issued on March 6 and expired on September 24. It restrict...