Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling linked to the Trump administration’s travel order affecting six majority-Muslim countries. Kokai offered these comments during the June 30, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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