Donald Trump lists five terrifying next steps after Supreme Court victory
After a
divided Supreme Court ruled
that individual judges
lack the authority
to grant nationwide injunctions, Trump held a press conference to celebrate his 'win.'
During the conference, Trump said that
the 'win' opens
the Supreme Court up to next steps including ending birthright citizenship outright, ending sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, "freezing unnecessary funding," and no tax dollars for transgender surgeries.
The decision left unclear the fate of President
Donald Trump
's restrictions on birthright citizenship. The court issued decisions on Friday on the final six cases remaining on its docket for the summer, including emergency appeals
related to Trump's agenda
.
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Trump held a press conference on his SCOTUS 'win' as the court made a difficult decision on Birthright citizenship
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"This decision," Trump began, "we can now promptly file to proceed with these numerous policies and those that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis, including birthright citizenship, ending sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, freezing unnecessary funding, stopping federal taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries, and numerous other priorities of the American people," he bragged at the press conference.
"We have so many of them. I have a whole list. I'm not going to bore you, and I'm going to have Pam get up and say a few words, but there's really, she can talk as long as she wants because this is a very important decision," Trump further said."
"This is a decision that covers a tremendous amount of territory, but I want to just thank again the Supreme Court for this ruling. It's a giant, it's a giant, and they should be very proud and our country should be very proud of the Supreme Court today," Trump continued before inviting Attorney General Pam Bondi on stage.
Bondi said
Americans are finally getting what they voted for
. 'These lawless injunctions gave relief to everyone in the world instead of the parties before the court,' she said.
The second-highest-ranking Justice Department official joined Bondi and Trump at the White House to praise the new limits on nationwide injunctions.
SCOTUS now created a situation where Trump's birthright citizenship ban may go forward in some states
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche accused local district judges of issuing rulings 'contrary to the law just because they don't like' Trump's policies, adding that Justice Department lawyers have been working nonstop to fight such rulings.
'They
should be doing the work that the president and this administration demands and has a right to demand and not fighting these local judges who don't make decisions based on the law,' Blanche said.
The Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship is a victory for Trump, but the push to advance restrictions on birthright citizenship could put him on a collision course with mainstream public opinion.
A January AP-NORC poll
found that only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults were 'somewhat' or 'strongly' in favor of changing the Constitution so that children born in the U.S. are not automatically granted citizenship if their parents are born here illegally, while about half were 'somewhat' or 'strongly' opposed and about 2 in 10 were neutral.
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