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Yahoo
6 hours ago
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Coney Barrett Gives Trump Sweeping Boost to Federal Powers
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has led a conservative push to help Donald Trump curtail judges who have hampered his agenda, in a major victory for the U.S. president. In a highly anticipated ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court has limited the ability of federal lower courts to temporarily pause Trump's executive orders using nationwide injunctions. The 6-3 ruling, written by Coney Barrett, stemmed from Trump's push to end birthright citizenship, which dictates that everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen, regardless of their parents' immigration status. But the decision could have much broader implications, as Trump has long claimed that the courts are overstepping their authority by handing down nationwide orders that have temporarily blocked some of his policies. 'GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court!' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ.' The ruling did not go so far as to make a decision on the constitutionality of Trump's push to end birthright citizenship. But is has nonetheless thrilled Trump, who has privately lashed out at conservative Supreme Court justices for not consistently backing his agenda, taking particular aim at Coney Barrett, his most recent appointee. In her opinion, Coney Barrett wrote: 'Some say that the universal injunction 'give[s] the Judiciary a powerful tool to check the Executive Branch.' ... But federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too.' The three liberal justices on the court - Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - dissented and have hit out at the ruling. Describing the decision as 'a travesty for the rule of law,' Sotomayor suggested that Trump knew his birthright citizenship order was unconstitutional, and therefore pursued the issue of universal injunctions instead. 'The gamesmanship in this request is apparent, and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along,' she said. The ruling comes after lower courts have repeatedly rejected Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship, citing the 14th Amendment and over a century of legal precedent. Other parts of Trump's agenda have also been blocked in the courts, such as his deportation plans, including the use of the Alien Enemies Act to get rid of undocumented migrants. This had led to the White House and MAGA Republicans accusing the judges involved of political bias and judicial overreach. 'We cannot allow a handful of communist radical-left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the president of the United States,' Trump told supporters late last month. Coney Barrett, who was appointed by Trump in 2020, has also faced criticism from MAGA world. In March, for example, Barrett voted to reject Trump's attempt to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid, prompting legal commentator Mike Davis to declare on Steve Bannon's podcast: 'She's a rattled law professor with her head up her ass.' And earlier in January, she sided with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, a fellow conservative, and the liberal justices of the court to allow Trump to be sentenced in his so-called 'hush money' trial. However, Trump allies praised her opinion on Friday. 'This is a massive win for the Trump administration, the rule of law, and the will of American voters,' wrote conservative activist Charlie Kirk. 'This speeds EVERYTHING up.'
American Military News
7 hours ago
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- American Military News
Supreme Court hands Trump ‘Giant Win' in birthright citizenship case
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a 'GIANT WIN' on Friday by ruling against 'universal injunctions' and limiting court injunctions after a lower court issued a preliminary injunction against the president's executive order blocking birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants. In a 6-3 ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court wrote, 'Universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts. The Court grants the Government's applications for a partial stay of the injunctions entered below, but only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary to provide complete relief to each plaintiff with standing to sue.' In Friday's ruling, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett claimed that the 'universal injunction was conspicuously nonexistent' for the majority of U.S. history. 'Its absence from 18th- and 19th-century equity practice settles the question of judicial authority,' Barrett wrote. 'That the absence continued into the 20th century renders any claim of historical pedigree still more implausible.' Barrett explained that the Supreme Court's ruling does not address whether the president's executive order on birthright citizenship violates the Nationality Act of the Citizenship Clause. Instead, Barrett said the issue presented to the Supreme Court 'is one of remedy: whether, under the Judiciary Act of 1789, federal courts have equitable authority to issue universal injunctions.' READ MORE: Supreme Court issues major deportation ruling Barrett added, 'A universal injunction can be justified only as an exercise of equitable authority, yet Congress has granted federal courts no such power.' In a concurring opinion, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained that the court's decision will now require district courts throughout the country to 'follow proper legal procedures' with regard to injunctions. 'Most significantly, district courts can no longer award preliminary nationwide or classwide relief except when such relief is legally authorized,' Kavanaugh stated. Following Friday's Supreme Court ruling, Trump issued a statement on Truth Social, saying, 'GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process.' Vice President J.D. Vance also released a statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision, describing it as a 'huge ruling.' Vance claimed that the ruling will stop the 'ridiculous process of nationwide injunctions' that Democrat judges have used to continually block the president's executive orders. 'Under our system, everyone has to follow the law–including judges!' Vance tweeted.
Yahoo
8 hours ago
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GOP takes victory lap over ruling limiting nationwide injunctions
President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top Republicans took a victory lap Friday over the Supreme Court ruling that allowed for Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country. 'Today, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against President Trump,' Bondi said on the social platform X. '[Lower court judges] vetoed all of President Trump's power, and they cannot do that. This has been a bipartisan problem that has lasted five presidential terms, five different presidents, and it has ended today,' she later added at a White House presser. 'It indirectly impacts every case in this country, and we're thrilled with their decision today.' The high court's decision found that three federal district judges went too far in issuing nationwide injunctions and limited blocks on implementing Trump's birthright citizenship ban only in states that have filed challenges against it. In the other states however, the ruling allows the Trump administration to resume developing guidance to implement the order, though it must wait 30 days before attempting to deny citizenship to anyone. The ruling though does not yet definitively resolve whether Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship are constitutional. But the case will have significance for legal battles beyond birthright citizenship, as the Trump administration fights nationwide injunctions in other cases blocking its policies. Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump said the ruling would be helpful in a number of its other cases. 'I'm grateful to the Supreme Court for stepping in and solving this very, very big and complex problem,' he said. 'Thanks to this decision, we can now properly 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. We have so many of them. I have a whole list.' The Trump administration has railed against the use of nationwide injunctions, fuming that district court judges have the power to block implementation. 'GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court!' Trump posted Friday morning on Truth Social. 'Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ.' But what the Trump administration has called judicial activism, Democrats and legal challengers argue is a reflection of the illegality of multiple Trump policies. Democrats argue that Trump — who has already issued more than 100 executive orders during his second term — has far surpassed his predecessors in seeking to shape policy through executive orders that go beyond the scope of his powers. His policies have been struck down by judges of both parties, including some of his own appointees. The use of nationwide injunctions has grown over recent decades, spurring louder calls to limit judicial power. The House earlier this year passed a bill limiting the ability of district court judges to impose nationwide injunctions, though it has not yet been taken up in the Senate. In a sign of the ruling's significance, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said a similar bill from him seeking to curb nationwide injunctions may no longer be necessary. 'Thx to SCOTUS my legislation may not be needed,' the chair wrote on X. 'Supreme Court backs up what Ive been saying [for] months: judges [are] limited to cases+controversies/federal courts should NOT exceed their authority.' The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), one of the lead groups fighting the policy, lamented that citizenship would not be handled in the same way everywhere across the country. 'Twenty-two states and Americans around the country who are affected by the illegal executive order will continue their lawsuits. Ultimately, we will vindicate the 14th Amendment's fundamental promise that ensures every child born on U.S. soil is recognized as a citizen of this country from the moment they are born, regardless of their race, parentage, or which state they live in,' Cecillia Wang, ACLU's national legal director, said in a statement. Trump signed an order on his first day in office that curbs birthright citizenship for children born on U.S. soil if they don't have at least one parent with permanent legal status, which would upend the conventional understanding of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. Before Friday's high court decision, every other court to directly confront the legality of Trump's order so far has found it likely unconstitutional. The administration went to the Supreme Court on its emergency docket to narrow nationwide injunctions issued by federal judges in Greenbelt, Md., Seattle and Boston. In the birthright citizenship case, Democrats have argued that nationwide injunctions make sense to protect a right afforded to all regardless of where they are born. Steve Vladeck, a professor at Georgetown University, told lawmakers earlier this year that applying relief in such a narrow way wouldn't make sense. 'Consider the birthright citizenship cases. Do we really think that parents should have to challenge that policy one child at a time? Would it make any sense at all, even on a broader scale, for the scope of birthright citizenship to differ in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, simply because those three states fall into three different circuits?' he asked. 'Any time a court invalidates a state or federal law on its face, rather than as applied to the specific plaintiffs, it is necessarily providing relief to non-parties, since the law can no longer be enforced against anyone.' Updated at 12:10 p.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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8 hours ago
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Trump celebrates Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling
President Trump on Friday celebrated the Supreme Court ruling that allowed his executive order restricting birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country. He called the ruling a 'giant win' and announced that he will be speaking about it in a press conference at 11:30 a.m. 'GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ. News Conference at the White House, 11:30 A.M. EST,' he said on Truth Social. The high court's decision found that three federal district judges went too far in issuing nationwide injunctions, allowing blocks on Trump's birthright citizenship ban only in Democratic-run states that have filed challenges against it. In the other states, the Trump administration may resume developing guidance to implement the order, though they must wait 30 days before attempting to deny citizenship to anyone. The ruling though does not yet definitively resolve whether Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship are constitutional. The limits nationwide injunctions will likely have a significant impact on legal battles beyond birthright citizenship, as the Trump administration is locked in battles over injunctions against many of Trump's policies. Attorney General Pan Bondi also took a victory lap after the ruling, celebrating what she described as the end to injunctions against Trump. 'Today, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against President Trump,' Bondi said on X. She continues, 'This would not have been possible without tireless work from our excellent lawyers @TheJusticeDept and our Solicitor General John Sauer. This Department of Justice will continue to zealously defend @POTUS's policies and his authority to implement them.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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8 hours ago
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Watch: Trump celebrates Supreme Court ruling on injunctions, birthright citizenship
President Trump and his administration took a victory lap Friday morning after the Supreme Court ruled that the president's executive order restricting birthright citizenship could go into effect in some areas of the country, for now. The decision will now likely curtail judges' ability to block the president's policies nationwide. 'GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process.' 'Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ,' he added, announcing a press conference for 11:30 a.m. EDT. The nation's highest court ruled on its last six cases for the term, handing the administration a handful of small wins. Watch the video coverage above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
