The U.S. Supreme Court on October 10 dismissed one of two cases brought to it challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from mostly Muslim countries where terrorists have a strong presence. In a one-page order, the court acted in one of two cases pending before the nine justices over Trump’s travel ban, a case from Maryland (Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project) brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued to stop the ban contained in a March executive order.
However, the justices took no action on a separate case (Trump v. Hawaii). That case concerns both the travel ban and a separate ban on refugees, which will expire on October 24.
The High Court prefaced its decision with this…