=dissents= -justice stephen breyer, joined by justice elena kagan, dissented. breyer focused on evidence suggesting the proclamations waiver program was not being implemented as written, undermining the governments claim of religious neutrality.  -justice sonia sotomayor, joined by justice ruth bader ginsburg, issued a powerful dissent invoking the establishment clause. she argued that the proclamation was impermissibly motivated by anti-muslim animus, drawing extensively from the presidents statements and citing church of lukumi babalu aye, inc. v. hialeah, 508 u.s. 520 (1993). sotomayor likened the courts decision to the tragic missteps in korematsu, warning of its potential to erode constitutional protections. the supreme courts decision in trump v. hawaii, 138 s.ct. 2392 (2018), addressed the contentious intersection of presidential authority, national security, and religious liberty. chief justice roberts, writing for the majority, upheld the proclamation, emphasizing the broad discretion granted to the president under 8 u.s.c.  1182(f). he noted, > the president has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him under  1182(f) to suspend the entry of aliens into the united states, highlighting a deferential view toward executive power in immigration matters. id. at 2423. roberts underscored that the courts role was limited to determining whether the proclamation was plausibly related to legitimate national security concerns, stating, any rule of constitutional law that would inhibit the flexibility of the president to respond to changing world conditions should be adopted only with the greatest caution. id. at 2419, quoting mathews v. diaz, 426 u.s. 67, 81 (1976).
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