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TRUMP v. HAWAII 

Opinion of the Court 

I 

A 

Shortly  after  taking  office,  President  Trump  signed 
Executive  Order  No.  13769,  Protecting  the  Nation  From
Foreign  Terrorist  Entry  Into  the  United  States.    82  Fed. 
Reg. 8977 (2017) (EO–1).  EO–1 directed the Secretary of
Homeland  Security  to  conduct  a  review  to  examine  the 
adequacy of information provided  by foreign  governments
about  their  nationals  seeking  to  enter  the  United  States. 
§3(a).  Pending  that  review,  the  order  suspended  for  90 
days the entry of foreign nationals from seven countries—
Iran,  Iraq,  Libya,  Somalia,  Sudan,  Syria,  and  Yemen—
that  had  been  previously  identified  by  Congress  or  prior 
administrations  as  posing  heightened  terrorism  risks.
§3(c).  The District Court for the Western District of Wash-
ington entered a temporary restraining order blocking the 
entry restrictions, and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth 
Circuit  denied  the  Government’s  request  to  stay  that 
order.  Washington  v.  Trump,  847  F. 3d  1151  (2017)  (per 
curiam).

In  response,  the  President  revoked  EO–1,  replacing  it 
with  Executive  Order  No.  13780,  which  again  directed  a 
worldwide  review.    82  Fed.  Reg.  13209  (2017)  (EO–2). 
Citing  investigative  burdens  on  agencies  and  the  need  to
diminish  the  risk  that  dangerous  individuals  would  enter 
without adequate vetting, EO–2 also temporarily restricted
the  entry  (with  case-by-case  waivers)  of  foreign  nationals 
from  six  of  the  countries  covered  by  EO–1:  Iran,  Libya,
Somalia,  Sudan,  Syria,  and  Yemen.  §§2(c),  3(a).    The 
order  explained  that  those  countries  had  been  selected 
because  each  “is  a  state  sponsor  of  terrorism,  has  been 
significantly  compromised  by  terrorist  organizations,  or 
contains  active  conflict  zones.”    §1(d).  The  entry  re-
striction was to stay in effect for 90 days, pending comple-
tion of the worldwide review. 

These interim measures were immediately challenged in