# Trump ban and the USSC and lower courts **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 6, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ban-and-the-ussc-and-lower-courts/779165 "2017-02-06T15:15:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ban-and-the-ussc-and-lower-courts/779165/7 "2017-02-06T18:17:48Z")
Posted in another forum > [@Trump's Executive Order on Immigration - Let it Rip Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-let-it-rip-dopers/778468/668): > > I hope a lawyer will chime in on this. > > This morning on BBC News, the newsperson interviewed a legal eagle (didn’t catch his name) who had been an advisor to Reagan and Bush Senior. He said the suit brought by the state of Washington is entirely without merit because such a suit has to be brought by the person/s who were/are likely to be injured by the executive order. > > I wish I could find the story and post a link, but my search hasn’t turned up anything. Maybe someone else heard it, too? > > My question: if this is true, can’t a giant class action suit be brought on behalf of the people who \*\*were \*\*affected by the ban? This guy said the Supreme Court would absolutely refuse to hear this case because it has no basis, no standing, and is entirely without merit. He said the President absolutely had the right to issue the executive order and the Supreme Court will agree with that. But there are lots of courts involved now, right? Very complicated. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ban-and-the-ussc-and-lower-courts/779165)._