SCOTUS Ruling May Lead To Patchwork Of Birthright Citizenship Rules

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Supreme Court limits the power of lower courts to block Trump’s agenda. Though the case was intertwined with Trump’s executive order effectively ending birthright citizenship, the ruling does not settle the issue of whether the president can enforce that order. And there were signs that lower courts could move swiftly to block the policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.9	So the office of the presidency may have just gained a whole new level of power, and President Trump says he plans to wield it.
1:15.7	That newfound power came around 10 o'clock this morning when the Supreme Court issued a ruling that echoes Trump's longstanding criticism of the federal judiciary.
1:26.4	It limits the ability of lower court judges to block
1:30.1	the president's orders. The decision, well, it was six to three, and it was split along ideological
1:36.4	lines. And what we're talking about here is that phrase nationwide injunctions. And that, of course,
1:42.4	is when a federal judge blocks a policy that
1:45.5	impacts the entire country, not just where the district is where they challenge the actual
1:51.0	action. So what does all this mean exactly? Well, Trump says that he can now go full steam ahead
1:57.9	with his agenda. And we can now promptly file to proceed with these numerous policies and those that have
2:07.5	been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis, including birthright citizenship, ending sanctuary
2:13.1	city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, freezing unnecessary funding, stopping federal
2:19.6	taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries and numerous other priorities of the American
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