Trump celebrates Supreme Court decision limiting nationwide injunctions on birthright citizenship order

[ad_1] President Donald Trump took a victory a lap on Friday after the Supreme Courtroom restricted nationwide injunctions issued by decrease court docket judges in opposition to his govt order to successfully finish birthright citizenship.

"This was a giant one, wasn't it?" Trump mentioned as he walked into the White Home briefing room.

Whereas Trump celebrated the 6-3 court docket resolution as a "monumental win," the justices didn't weigh in on whether or not his govt order is constitutional and allowed authorized challenges to proceed.

Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi acknowledged the justices will rule on the deserves of Trump's Day 1 order throughout their subsequent time period, which begins in October.

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi and Deputy Legal professional Basic Todd Blanche throughout a information convention within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home, June 27, 2025, in Washington.

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Trump and Bondi, although, praised the court docket's conservative majority for limiting a federal choose's energy to dam a president's coverage nationwide. Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued solely the Supreme Courtroom can present such common aid.

Nationwide injunctions have been on the heart of the administration's monthslong standoff with the judiciary, as a number of of Trump's actions -- from his immigration crackdown to efforts to freeze federal funding -- have been halted by district court docket judges.

"I used to be elected on a historic mandate," Trump mentioned from the rostrum. "In current months we have seen a handful of radical left judges successfully attempt to overrule the rightful powers of the president to cease the American folks from getting the insurance policies that they've voted for in document numbers. It was a grave menace to democracy."

Trump particularly thanked Justice Barrett, who authored the opinion. Barrett has drawn some ire from conservatives for staking out unbiased floor and at instances breaking with Trump, who appointed her to the bench.

Requested in regards to the conservative criticism of Barrett, Trump responded: "I do not find out about that. I simply have nice respect for her. I at all times have. And her resolution was brilliantly written right now."

Trump additionally continued to make the case for his Day 1 govt order that will deny citizenship to kids born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrants or these on a brief immigrant standing. District court docket judges, thus far, have mentioned such a transfer would seem plainly opposite to the textual content of the 14th Modification and authorized precedent.

The administration's claimed in court docket proceedings birthright citizenship creates a powerful incentive for unlawful immigration.

"They used birthright citizenship, a few of the worst folks, a few of the cartels, to get folks into our nation," Trump mentioned on Friday.

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi and Deputy Legal professional Basic Todd Blanche throughout a information convention within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home, June 27, 2025, in Washington.

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A number of Democrats, nevertheless, shortly spoke out in opposition to the court docket's ruling.

Senate Minority chief Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, known as it a "inexperienced gentle" for Trump to "unravel the foundations of American democracy."

"The Supreme Courtroom’s resolution to restrict courts of their long-held authority to dam unlawful govt actions is an unprecedented and terrifying step towards authoritarianism, a grave hazard to our democracy, and a predictable transfer from this extremist MAGA court docket," he wrote on X. "By weakening the ability of district courts to test the presidency, the Courtroom shouldn't be defending the Structure -- it’s defacing it."

"His plan to finish birthright citizenship is blatantly unconstitutional, however as a substitute of stopping it in its tracks, the Courtroom has as a substitute ducked the query and bowed to an out-of-control Government Department," Schumer added.