Supreme Court, birthright citizenship and Trump
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The high court has given the president immunity and protected him from nationwide injunctions. Congress is giving ground on spending and tariffs. It adds up to a turbocharged executive.
The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Trump v. Casa limits federal judges' power to issue nationwide injunctions, allowing presidents to advance their constitutional interpretations
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In her CASA dissent, Justice Jackson gestures to a split screen, a world in which justice and injustice can live side by side within a single regime.
Constitutional rights have to be enforceable. They can’t rely on the goodwill of the government. This utter lack of accountability is a charter for abuse. And that abuse is happening right now.
In the decision, a 6-3 majority of the court held that the federal courts have no authority to issue universal injunctions, which are court orders that control how the government acts toward everyone in the country,
A review of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which held that federal district courts’ universal preliminary injunctions that enjoin government officials from implementing and enforcing an executive order likely exceed the courts’ equitable authority granted by Congress under the Judiciary Act of 1789.
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The New Republic on MSNWisconsin Supreme Court Clears Way to Ban Conversion TherapyThe Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for a ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, deciding that a Republican-controlled legislative committee rule blocking bans on the practice was unconstitutional.
Many legal commentators apparently believe that, in the term that just ended, the Supreme Court further enabled President Donald Trump. The court did, in fact, issue a series of conservative decisions that Trump likes.
Maine attorney Bill Harwood said the ruling makes it harder for federal judges to block the president's actions when they deem his motives unconstitutional.