美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Travel Ban Returned To Court, With President's Words At The Center

 

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

One of President Trump¹'s top priorities will get a test in court today. A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., will hear arguments about the legality of the president's revised travel ban. The White House says restricting visitors from six majority Muslim countries protects national security. Immigration advocates say it's an unconstitutional attack on Muslims.

NPR's Carrie Johnson has been covering the case. And she's on the line now. Good morning, Carrie.

CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE²: Good morning, Rachel.

MARTIN: It's been a while since we talked about the president's executive order limiting travel. Remind us what it says.

JOHNSON: Remember, this is the White House's second attempt at a travel ban. The first one provoked a lot of chaos³ at airports all over the country in January. It had a hard time in the courts too, Rachel, partly because it included green card holders⁴ who have rights under the U.S. Constitution.

This new executive order came out March 6. It restricted entry to the U.S. for people from six countries - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - for 90 days. It also restricted refugee admissions for 120 days.

MARTIN: OK. So all those six countries, those are countries with Muslim majority populations. But the White House didn't specifically mention religion in any way in the revised order. So how are lawyers making the case that this is unconstitutional?

JOHNSON: That's true. The order does not speak about Muslims or preferring Christian⁵ travelers over Muslims explicitly⁶. But people who are suing over the ban - people in the U.S. who've been separated from their loved ones in one of those six countries - say the whole order is a pretext⁷ for banning Muslims. They say they're simply taking the president at his word.

Recall, President Trump said he'd close the border to Muslims on the campaign trail, hinted at it again this year. And that, the plaintiffs say, violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment⁸. That language says the government's supposed to be neutral when it comes to religion. And the plaintiffs are also arguing that the EO violates immigration law because if - immigration law forbids discrimination on the basis of national origin.

MARTIN: What about the idea, though, that the president - any president - has a lot of power when it comes to protecting the country's borders and ports of entry? Presumably, that has a lot to do with how the government - this administration is defending the ban.

JOHNSON: That is going to be the heart of the Justice Department's argument on behalf of the Trump White House today. DOJ says this is simply a temporary suspension of entry that was done to protect national security - a chance to pause, come up with better vetting⁹ procedures.

The Trump administration says that alone is a good enough legitimate¹⁰ reason for this travel ban. They say the court doesn't need to delve¹¹ any deeper into any statements the president or his advisers¹² made. And besides, they point out the new order says travelers can get a waiver from the ban case by case.

MARTIN: You've been covering the evolution of this travel ban since the beginning. So, Carrie, today in the courtroom, what are you looking to hear and see?

JOHNSON: Yeah. Each side is going to get about a half an hour to argue. ACLU lawyer Omar Jadwat is arguing for the people with family overseas and refugee groups, the plaintiffs. And acting¹³ Solicitor¹⁴ General Jeffrey Wall is going to be arguing for the government.

No ruling is expected from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today. But we may be able to get some sense of where the court's going from the kinds of questions the judges are going to ask today.

MARTIN: There's a nationwide stay on the travel ban order for now. So what happens to that? What comes next?

JOHNSON: Well, we're going to be waiting for an - the argument today and then a ruling. But this argument does not signal the end of the road. There's so much litigation over this travel ban, Rachel.

In fact, Monday, one week from today, a federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit will hear related arguments in a case brought by the state of Hawaii. A lot of people think the Supreme¹⁵ Court is going to be the ultimate decider in this case.

MARTIN: NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Carrie, thanks so much.

JOHNSON: You're welcome.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。

8 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

9 vetting   

n.数据检查[核对，核实]v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的现在分词 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• Scripts had to be submitted to Ministry of Information officials for vetting. 必须把脚本提交给信息部官员审查。 来自互联网
• Their purpose in clicking deeper into a site is one of vetting. 他们深入点击网站的目的是一种诊疗。 来自互联网

10 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

11 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。

12 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

13 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

14 solicitor   

n.初级律师，事务律师

参考例句：

• The solicitor's advice gave me food for thought.律师的指点值得我深思。
• The solicitor moved for an adjournment of the case.律师请求将这个案件的诉讼延期。

15 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。