The Supreme Court on Friday limited the ability of federal judges to temporarily pause President Trump’s executive orders, a major victory for the administration. But the justices made no ruling on the constitutionality of his move to end birthright citizenship, and they stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days.
The court’s ruling also appeared to upend the ability of single federal judges to freeze policies across the country, a powerful tool that has been used frequently to block policies instituted by Democratic and Republican administrations.
The 6-to-3 decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and split along ideological lines, may dramatically reshape how citizenship is granted in the United States, even temporarily. The majority offered another path to challenging Mr. Trump’s orders on a nationwide basis: class action lawsuits.
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the majority’s decision “a travesty for the rule of law.”
The majority stressed that it was not addressing the merits of Trump’s attempt to end automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to undocumented migrants and foreign visitors without green cards.
The Supreme Court on Friday limited the ability of federal judges to temporarily pause President Trump’s executive orders, a major victory for the administration. But the justices made no ruling on the constitutionality of his move to end birthright citizenship, and they stopped his order from taking effect for 30 days.
The court’s ruling also appeared to upend the ability of single federal judges to freeze policies across the country, a powerful tool that has been used frequently to block policies instituted by Democratic and Republican administrations.
The 6-to-3 decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and split along ideological lines, may dramatically reshape how citizenship is granted in the United States, even temporarily. The majority offered another path to challenging Mr. Trump’s orders on a nationwide basis: class action lawsuits.
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called the majority’s decision “a travesty for the rule of law.”
The majority stressed that it was not addressing the merits of Trump’s attempt to end automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to undocumented migrants and foreign visitors without green cards.
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I have little hope for this country, things are going to have to get bad for EVERYONE before anything happens. The real part of me is angry about this ruling, the other part of me knows its necessary. I hope things get much worse, we need it to be worse.
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