Turley: Travel Ban Ruling a ‘Shot Across the Bow’ of the Lower Court to Separate Themselves from Trump’s Incendiary Comments

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TURLEY: "Well, first and foremost I think this decision is a shot across the bow for lower courts that they need to separate themselves a bit more from what can be rather incendiary comments from the President. We have a president who makes comments that many people object to, but the question for the Supreme Court is what you need to base a decision on when you declare a federal policy or law to be unconstitutional. From the very first travel ban decision I said I thought the Supreme Court would reverse the lower courts. I thought what was unprecedented was the degree to which the courts like the Ninth Circuit relied upon the President’s tweets and public campaign statements as the determinative factor in their decision."