Travel Ban: Update on Hawaii Judge’s Exemption Ruling

Update: Following the Hawaiian Judge’s ruling of July 13, 2017 (2017 WL 2989048), the Supreme Court on July 19, 2017 (2017 WL 3045234), has denied a request to clarify its order of June 26, 2017. It noted, however, that it would not disturb the decision of the district court holding that grandparents could not be excluded from the definition of “close family relationship”. The court nevertheless stayed the district court’s order concerning refugee resettlement agencies.

Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch noted that they would have stayed the order in its entirety.