Now it's time for the last word with Ali Vilshi hosting. Hey, Ali. Thank you for that. That was a nice

way to end things off for the week. We need a little nice moment every now and then, right? Even when

there are dark, difficult days to talk about like today. Sometimes, many times a day. Thank you,

my friend. You have yourself a great weekend. We'll see you next week. Thank you.

No right is safe in the new legal regime that the court creates.

That's Justice Sonia Sotomayor issuing a warning from the bench today, taking the rare step of reading her dissent out loud.

In a six-three decision, the Supreme Court's Republican appointed justices restricted the ability for federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions.

The case challenged Donald Trump's clearly unconstitutional executive order that was issued shortly after being sworn into office for the second time that denies to certain children birthright citizenship that is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment

of the Constitution. The Supreme Court didn't actually decide whether Donald Trump's

executive order denying birthright citizenship is constitutional, but the conservative justices

did clear the way today for more unchecked actions from the Trump White House.

In a New York Times opinion piece titled the Supreme Court's intolerable ruling, David Firestone writes, quote,

what can individual federal courts immediately do when the president issues a blatantly unconstitutional order?

The Supreme Court gave its answer on Friday morning.

Not much. In an astonishing act of deference to the executive branch, the Supreme Court essentially

said that district judges cannot stop an illegal presidential order from going into effect nationwide.

A judge can stop an order from affecting a given plaintiff or state if one has the

wherewithal to file a lawsuit. But if there's no lawsuit in the next state over, the president can

get away with virtually anything he wants, end quote. The president can get away with virtually

anything he wants.

Sound familiar?

Yeah, you can thank the Supreme Court for that again.

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