Supreme Court tosses one of two travel ban challenges
FILE PHOTO - An international traveler arrives after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston  Massachusetts  U.S. January 30  2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out  an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump âs previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.
The justices were unanimous in deciding against ruling in the Maryland case  although one of the liberal justices  Sonia Sotomayor  noted that she would not have wiped out  the appeals court ruling .
The new ban   Trump âs third including one issued in January that was blocked by lower courts  could affect tens of thousands of potential immigrants and visitors to the United States. Opponents have already challenged it in court.
 Trump  had promised as a candidate âa total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.â
FILE PHOTO - An international traveler arrives after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston  Massachusetts  U.S. January 30  2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out  an appeals court ruling that struck down  [TGT]  previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.
The justices were unanimous in deciding against ruling in the Maryland case  although one of the liberal justices  Sonia Sotomayor  noted that she would not have wiped out  the appeals court ruling .
The new ban    [TGT]  âs third including one issued in January that was blocked by lower courts  could affect tens of thousands of potential immigrants and visitors to the United States. Opponents have already challenged it in court.
  [TGT] had promised as a candidate âa total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.â