The US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit district judges’ power to block his orders on a nationwide basis, in an emergency appeal related to the birthright citizenship case but with wide implications for the executive branch’s power. The court’s opinion on the constitutionality of whether some American-born children can be deprived of citizenship remains undecided and the fate of the US president’s order to overturn birthright citizenship rights was left unclear.
The decision on Friday morning, however, decided six votes to three by the nine-member supreme court bench, sides with the Trump administration in a historic case that boosts tested presidential power and judicial oversight in the second Trump administration.
The court’s ruling in Trump v CASA, Inc will boost Trump’s potential to enforce citizenship restrictions, in this and other cases in future, in states where courts had not specifically blocked them, creating a chaotic patchwork.
Democracy sure was fun while it lasted.
Citizens United did that. I’m just pointing out this is another sign that we cannot rely on the rule of law, nor constitutional protections.
Come again? Most of us are relying on these things.
If you are saying that there is no 100% guarantee, then of course I agree.
The Roberts court has consistently chipped away at fundamental rights that we take for granted. (see also: Dobbs)
Nationwide injunctions have been key to holding back the worst impulses of the junta, and now that’s also off the table. Reliance on both is all well and good, but it doesn’t match the reality of not knowing what rights we’ll lose each SCOTUS term.
The only part of the Constitution that’s guaranteed to last through this is the Second Amendment. The Fourth is out the window, and the 14th is looking shaky. Articles I and II are being ignored.
It will be left up to us (the people) as it always has.