The headline is misleading to say the least. The case is still up for review, but the Court postponed the oral argument in light of recent executive action and want to give the parties time to address it. Which is very sensible.
It’s not that they won’t hear the case. Clickbait.
Even so delayed, federal law is clear on this that the Executive has control over the borders and aliens. The court is not going to reverse itself from a few short years ago under Obama. Arizona v. U.S. 2012:
“Held:
1. The Federal Government’s broad, undoubted power over immigration and alien status rests, in part, on its constitutional power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” Art. I, §8, cl. 4, and on its inherent sovereign power to control and conduct foreign relations, see Toll v. Moreno, 458 U. S. 1. Federal governance is extensive and complex. Among other things, federal law specifies categories of aliens who are ineligible to be admitted to the United States, 8 U. S. C. §1182; “
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/11-182
And Kennedy wrote the opinion.
Thank you henkster for your cogent response, but my simple mind wants to know, can our POTUS ban these terrorists or not.