{"id":29554,"date":"2025-06-28T06:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29554"},"modified":"2025-06-28T06:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:52:03","slug":"supreme-court-curbs-judges-power-to-block-trumps-orders-in-birthright-citizenship-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/06\/28\/supreme-court-curbs-judges-power-to-block-trumps-orders-in-birthright-citizenship-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court curbs judges&#8217; power to block Trump&#8217;s orders in birthright citizenship case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders, giving President Donald Trump what he called a &#8220;giant win&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The case surrounded whether Trump&#8217;s attempt to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for non-citizens and undocumented migrants was allowed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court&#8217;s conservative justices sided with Trump and said they were not addressing Trump&#8217;s attempt to end birthright citizenship. Rather their ruling addressed presidential actions broadly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Experts said the ruling will change how executive actions are challenged in the future and noted legal challenges to the Friday ruling are likely to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Immigrant rights groups and 22 states sued the Trump administration over an executive order the president signed on his first day back in office. That order was aimed at ending birthright citizenship which gives people born on US territory automatic citizenship rights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h5qd1q-ListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjrl7dd1dp9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to know about the Supreme Court&#8217;s birthright citizenship case<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The lawsuits, filed in Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington state and elsewhere, were aimed at blocking the order from taking effect and temporarily did just that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the Justice Department disagreed and appealed the case to the Supreme Court, arguing those injunctions were not constitutional.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Friday, the court agreed with the Trump&#8217;s administration and introduced limits on how universal injunctions are issued by federal courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump hailed the ruling as a victory at a surprise press conference on Friday and said the decision was a &#8220;monumental victory for the constitution, the separation of powers and the rule of law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said &#8220;radical left judges&#8221; have tried to overrule his powers as president and that nationwide injunctions are a &#8220;grave threat to democracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Upon returning to the White House in January, Trump immediately began using executive actions as a means to accomplish his agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Attorney General Pam Bondi, who also spoke at the press conference, said the decision meant judges will not be able to stop Trump&#8217;s policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said she expects the Supreme Court to take up the question of birthright citizenship itself, in October when the next session of court begins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the Friday ruling said courts will still be able to halt presidential actions they deem unconstitutional or illegal, it will happen further along in the judicial process which will give presidents more space to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Because of the ruling to limit injunctions, Trump&#8217;s birthright citizenship order will be able to take effect, 30 days after the court&#8217;s opinion was filed, the court said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the ruling is likely to see further legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Samuel Bray, a Notre Dame Law School professor and expert on nationwide injunctions, said the ruling &#8220;has fundamentally reset the relationship between the federal courts and the executive branch&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling will mean universal injunctions &#8220;will no longer be the default remedy in challenges to executive action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who authored the majority opinion, said federal courts do not &#8220;exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch&#8221; and instead they &#8220;resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote a concurring opinion, said that the Supreme Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, &#8220;will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Justice Sonya Sotomayor penned the dissent for the liberal justices and called the Trump administration&#8217;s request of the court &#8220;gamesmanship&#8221; and said the court &#8220;plays along&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Court&#8217;s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort. With the stroke of a pen, the President has made a &#8216;solemn mockery&#8217; of our Constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cev0d10kdd9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders, giving President Donald Trump what he called a &#8220;giant win&#8221;. 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