Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump tells Congress to 'keep working' on disaster aid bill Warner: Campaigns should start reporting foreign contacts to FBI Overnight Health Care: Trump urges Congress to take action on surprise medical bills | New bipartisan drug pricing bill introduced | Trump gambles in push for drug import proposal MORE (R) marked the Supreme Court ruling upholding President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump rips Comey after CNN town hall: 'He brought the FBI down' White House says US, China trade talks to continue Friday Giuliani traveling to Ukraine to push for probes that could be 'very helpful' to Trump MORE’s travel ban by sharing a photo of him with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
McConnell’s campaign shared the image just minutes after the Supreme Court handed down its 5-4 ruling finding that the ban was constitutional. Gorsuch sided with the majority of justices upholding the ban.
— Team Mitch (@Team_Mitch) June 26, 2018
McConnell blocked the nomination of former President Obama’s Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland
Merrick Brian GarlandGillibrand sets litmus test: I will only nominate judges who back Roe v. Wade McConnell signs shirt joking about expiration of Merrick Garland's nomination GOP leader embraces role as liberal foe for 2020 MORE in 2016, paving the way for Trump to nominate Gorsuch.
The court's ruling is a major victory for the Trump administration. Trump first issued the travel ban through a presidential proclamation last year, but the order has been repeatedly challenged in court.
“The president lawfully exercised that discretion based on his findings — following a worldwide, multi-agency review — that entry of the covered aliens would be detrimental to the national interest,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in delivering the opinion of the court.
