Supreme Court upholds travel ban

Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, just spoke to CNN and reacted to the Supreme Court's ruling upholding Trump's travel ban.

The Supreme Court has said, “as long [Trump] puts a very thin veneer of national security on top of all that discrimination and racism, they will buy it. In other words, as long as a pig has some lipstick on it, it’s fine," Ellison said.

He added, "A gloating braggart is not going to win at the end of the day. I have deep faith, the best impulses of this country are about liberty, are about equality, are about religious liberty and freedom...we will prevail."

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Los Angeles this morning and found out about the Supreme Court decision from a senior staff member.

A Justice official tells CNN he had a big smile on his face.

Reacting to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Trump's travel ban, Sen. Cory Booker said the US needs to "reclaim" its values.

Booker recently got back to Washington after a trip to the US border, which is grappling with fallout from a Trump administration policy that forced some immigrant families to be separated.

This is the third version of the travel ban. It was issued in September -- after previous bans had ricocheted through the courts -- and restricts entry from the following seven countries to varying degrees:

(Chad was originally on the list but it was recently removed after having met baseline security requirements.)

Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal, who represented the state of Hawaii and other challengers in the Supreme Court case involving Trump's travel ban, said he's disappointed with the decision.

He also warned Trump not to take the ruling as "approval to continue attacking our Constitution."

Katyal argued the case before the Supreme Court in April.

During the arguments, he said Trump was claiming limitless authority to exclude anyone he wished and tried to emphasize that Trump's unilateral move to restrict nationals from Muslim-majority countries had usurped congressional power over immigration, in a breach of the terms of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, just told CNN the Supreme Court's ruling is a big win for Trump, and disputed critics who said that the ban is not targeting Muslims, arguing it’s been mischaracterized by critics as a Muslim ban.

"This is part of the Never Trump resistance to mischaracterize this as being a Muslim ban, this is not a Muslim ban," he said.

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U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Jonathan Grella just sent CNN the following statement, calling on the White House to make clear that "legitimate business and leisure travelers" are welcome in the US despite the ban.

He also said that the "economic stakes" are too high for "the welcome message" to be overlooked.

Here's his full statement:

Human rights organization Amnesty International just sent us its reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's travel ban.

Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy & Refugee Specialist at Amnesty International USA, called it a "hateful policy" that "has no place in a country that claims to value human rights."

Here's the full statement:

The American Civil Liberties Union called the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Trump's travel ban "wrong," adding that the move allows "official racism and xenophobia to continue."

The group added that history "will judge today's decision harshly."

Here's the tweet: