President Trump at the White House in November. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
The Supreme Court's conservative justices sounded ready Wednesday to uphold President Trump's travel ban, potentially giving the embattled White House a big legal victory after a series of defeats in the lower courts.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy portrayed the issue before the court as one of national security in which the chief executive, not the judicial branch, should be entrusted to weigh possible threats from foreign visitors.
