America Supreme Court Curbs
U.S. District Judges It says they can’t use local rulings to block Trump agenda nationwide.
T S BY KATHRYN MCKENZIE
he supreme court ruled 6-3 that individual judges lack the authority to grant injunctions that apply nationwide.
But their decision left unclear the
fate of President Donald Trump’s plan to end citizenship for children born in the U.S. to people who are here illegally. It was one of several big rulings by
the court as it wrapped up its session in June. The injunction outcome was a vic-
tory for Trump, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda, particularly
his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The citizenship issue now returns
to lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the high court ruling. The justices agreed with the Trump
administration, as well as President Joe Biden’s Democrat administration before it, that judges are overreach- ing by issuing orders that apply to the whole country instead of just the par- ties before the court. Birthright citizenship automatical-
ly makes anyone born in the United States an American citizen. The right
was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. In a notable Supreme Court deci-
sion from 1898, the court held that the only children who did not automatical- ly receive U.S. citizenship upon being born on U.S. soil were the children of diplomats, who have allegiance to another government; enemies present in the U.S. during hostile occupation; those born on foreign ships; and those born to members of sovereign Native American tribes. The U.S. is among about 30 coun-
tries where birthright citizenship — the principle of jus soli, or “right of the soil” — is applied. Most are in the Americas, and Canada and Mexico are among them.
Trump and his supporters have
argued that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen, which he called “a priceless and profound gift” in the executive order he signed on his first day in office.
Polling Blasts Hole in Anti-SCOTUS Narrative The SCOTUSPoll project,
BY KATELYNN RICHARDSON
upreme Court rulings on hot button issues closely aligned with public opinion this term. Despite vocal opposition
by some Democrats, public opinion supported the position taken by the Supreme Court in 10 significant cases, including decisions upholding religious opt-outs, backing age verification laws for porn websites, and supporting state laws banning transgender procedures for minors, data collected by Harvard, Stanford, and University of Texas researchers shows. Just 20% of Americans
believe the Supreme Court is politically neutral, according to a June Reuters/Ipsos poll. Only 26% of Democrats view the court favorably, while 67% of Republicans do, according to the poll.
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which surveyed 2,201 adults between April 10 and 16, found 77% agree schools should permit religious opt-outs for instruction on gender and sexuality, 80% agree states should be able to require websites to verify user ages, and 64% agree states should be able to ban transgender procedures for minors. The three liberal justices
who dissented in each of the cases decried the majority’s rulings as harmful. The decision to uphold
parental opt-outs would create “chaos for this Nation’s public schools,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan. She claimed in her United
States v. Skrmetti dissent that the majority authorized
“untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them.” Democrat Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Jeff Merkley of Oregon opposed the Supreme Court’s Skrmetti decision, calling it “a full- fledged license for states to discriminate against vulnerable kids” and a “playbook for extremist politicians to continue their crusade against trans people.” Democrats also came
out against the Supreme Court’s decision reining in district court judges’ use of nationwide injunctions, though many have opposed their use in the past. Jackson warned the decision would enable “our collective demise.” The Supreme Court did not rule on the merits of birthright citizenship, which
64% of Americans believe is constitutional, according to New York Times data. The Supreme Court also had public opinion on its side when it backed the Biden administration’s rules regulating “ghost guns” and supported the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to reject applications of vape manufacturers, with 75% and 65% of surveyed adults agreeing with the result, respectively. The Supreme Court issued unanimous decisions in 42% of its cases, down from 44% last term, according to SCOTUSblog’s Supreme Court Stat Pack. Just 9% of the cases during
the 2024-2025 term split along ideological lines, with the six conservative justices in the majority. — Daily Caller News Foundation
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