BREAKING NEWS:  
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 10th, threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Trump's previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.

The court acted in one of two cases pending before the nine justices over Trump's travel ban, a case from Maryland brought by the ACLU, which sued to stop the ban contained in a March executive order.

The court did not act on Hawaii's challenge, which the court had also agreed to hear. That case also features a challenge to a separate 120-day refugee ban, which has not yet expired.  That case could yet be dismissed once the refugee ban expires on Oct. 24, meaning the court remains unlikely to issue a final ruling on whether the ban was lawful.

The justices were unanimous in ruling against the Maryland case. 

This does not bode well for Hawaii's challenge.