as announced and the chaos resulted rescinded and a different order targeted countries like north korea and venezuela, not muslim countries, that that was the key to the president s win today? yeah. essentially the chief justice wrote there s been a lot of talk about the animus behind it. the text does not mention religion. five of seven of the countries are muslim majority. but it s not effective if it s a muslim ban. it affects 8% of the world s population. so they stuck to the text. based on the face of it, the president acted lawfully. he acted under law. we find it s per miss able. dana: thanks, shannon. there s more to come before their session ends. for more, i m joined by bret baier. great to have you on the program. this was a long time in coming.
p3 it s meat, cheese and nuts. i keep my protein interesting. oh yea, me too. i have cheese and uh these herbs. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. dana: lindsey graham is making comments on the travel ban. let s listen in. we re looking at countries in a rationale way. i defy anybody to tell me any of the countries named that the government is in control, the vetting process works and terrorism is not a problem. how did the meeting with the president get? he asked more funding for the wall. i can see how that can be an
scary to think that comments made on the campaign trail are going to come back to be used in a court of appeals or a federal district court or the supreme court as a basis for inidating later actions. dana: do you think that this is precedent setting in that regard? yes and no. it s interesting. justice roberts says we re allowing for that information to seep in. we re considering the information about trump s statements on the stump but we re not letting it win the day. there s so much deference to the congress and to the president when it comes to immigration enforcement. the court is saying this is in their ballpark. all it takes is a rationale basis to assume that this law is correct and we find there was a rationale basis for it. dana: james, this is not the final word. the supreme court has the final word now but it goes back to the lower court what is the next step? it goes back to the lower court. but there s a pretty darn clear
day when all the decisions coming out. this is a big one. tell us what you know. they got to this position by sticking straight to the text of the federal immigration law and the text of the proclamation. that s what the white house call it 3.0. they stuck to the text, not what the president said while he was a candidate. by its plain language, federal immigration law grants the president broad discretion to suspend the entry of aliens in to the united states. the president lawfully exercised that discretion based on his findings following a multiagency review that many of the covered aliens would be detrimental to the national interests. there s countries that worked their way off the list by complying with more thorough vetting and information. so the administration says it s working as it should. two separate dissents, very pointed. justice sotomayor said even
if the people feel good about e economy? what is the counter argument from the democrats? i ll give you the last word. sure. very quickly, matt mentions the generic ballot. his committee has not shown that they have a single offensive opportunitiy lily lile on th battlefield with the tax cuts, it will increase costs and healthcare premiums for everybody else. the more they learn about it, the more unpopular it becomes. we found out that taxes will go up for synagogues and churches. this bill is getting more unpopular by the day because wages are not keeping up with the cost of living and people class people were not prioritized. dana: there you have it. republicans and democrats going to the polls to see who will be the nominees. thanks very much. thanks dana.