Trump handed ‘giant win' as Supreme Court curbs judges' power to block his orders
Washington: The United States Supreme Court has delivered a major victory for President Donald Trump, ruling that lower courts cannot grant universal injunctions to block government policy, and allowing his administration to move forward with a raft of controversial policies temporarily held up by litigation.
In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the nation's highest court found that 'universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts', and partially stayed injunctions blocking Trump's executive order to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US.
The ruling, which came on the court's final day to issue opinions before the summer break, is highly significant because large swaths of Trump's agenda have been temporarily blocked while legal challenges are brought by Democratic states, activist groups and affected individuals.
Trump, who has raged at the judges issuing such injunctions, accusing them of overstepping their authority and usurping his power, scheduled an impromptu press conference on Friday (early Saturday AEST) to celebrate the Supreme Court ruling.
'This was a big decision - amazing decision one that we're very happy about,' Trump said. 'The Supreme Court has delivered a monumental victory for the constitution, the separation of powers and the rule of law ... there are people elated all over the country.'
Trump said a handful of 'radical left judges' could no longer overrule the rightful powers of the president and 'dictate the law for the entire nation', which he called a grave threat to democracy. He said his administration had been hit with more nationwide injunctions than were issued in the 20th century.
He also indicated his government would now move forward with ending birthright citizenship, 'which now comes to the fore', along with several other controversial policies that had been temporarily blocked by the courts, such as suspending refugee resettlement and stopping federal funding for transgender surgeries.
'It's a giant [ruling],' Trump said. In a separate social media post, he heralded the 'giant win'.
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