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Supreme Court limits judges’ power to halt Trump’s birthright citizenship order
- On Friday, the Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling limited district courts' power to issue nationwide injunctions, affecting President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.
- The Trump administration's attempt to limit birthright citizenship led to nationwide injunctions by judges in Washington, Maryland, and Massachusetts, prompting swift legal challenges.
- The majority opinion, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, and Gorsuch, states lower courts must not exceed their authority, with Bondi criticizing nationwide injunctions as overreach.
- The Trump administration can now enforce birthright citizenship policies in some states, as advocacy groups filed lawsuits seeking to block implementation.
- Lower federal courts will now reconsider injunction scopes, possibly leading to increased collective lawsuits by state attorneys general, reshaping enforcement strategies.
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Supreme Court Empowers Trump To Push Birthright Citizenship Order
Is the president now more powerful than ever? That’s the question swirling after the U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump—and future presidents—a major legal win Friday. It limited lower courts’ ability to block executive orders.“This is a big, amazing decision,” a grinning Trump told reporters. “A monumental victory for the Constitution.”At the heart of the ruling? Birthright citizenship. The court allowed Trump’s controversial executive orde…
U.S. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions impacting birthright citizenship
U.S. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions impacting birthright citizenship JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Trump administration’s agenda moves forward with the U.S. Supreme Court taking steps to halt automatic birthright citizenship. Friday, the high court’s overwhelming vote is praised by republicans and condemned by immigrant rights advocates. President Donald Trump called the ruling a giant win and an amazing decision. It impacts birthrigh…
What’s next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court’s ruling? Here’s what to know.
WASHINGTON — The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions. Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ensure birthright citizenship remains the law as the Republican president tries to do away with more than a century of precedent. The high court’s ruling sends cases challenging the president’s birthr…
Favoring Trump, SCOTUS Majority Undermines Federal Court Judges
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Closing out another term, the right-wing Supreme Court majority gave the Constitution and the Rule of Law the finger in Trump v. CASA, limiting the ability of federal courts to serve as a check on extreme executive action. In its 6-3 opinion in CASA, the right-wing majority sidesteps the issue of birthright citizenship and positions itself as reigning in the power of the federal courts instead of the increasin…
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