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🗓️ 28 June 2025
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0:00.0 | Good evening. Once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl and welcome to the nightcap. It is day 159 of the |
0:10.9 | Second Trump administration and the president won a major victory today in the courts. The Supreme |
0:16.5 | Court decided to limit the ability of federal judges to temporarily block the president's order |
0:22.6 | restricting birthright citizenship nationwide. That means the proposal can likely move forward |
0:28.1 | in 30 days, at least partially in the states that challenged it, as well as those that did not. |
0:33.9 | In her dissent, Judge Sonia Sotomayor called the ruling, quote, a travesty for the rule of law |
0:39.7 | and an open invitation to bypass the Constitution. Almost immediately, several groups filed |
0:45.4 | class action lawsuits that could ultimately block the executive order nationwide before it can go |
0:51.2 | into effect. Meanwhile, President Trump celebrated the decision |
0:54.5 | during a press conference. |
0:55.8 | Watch this. |
0:57.6 | The Supreme Court has delivered a monumental victory |
1:00.7 | for the Constitution, the separation of powers, |
1:04.1 | and the rule of law in striking down |
1:07.4 | the excessive use of nationwide injunctions |
1:09.7 | to interfere with the normal functioning |
1:12.0 | of the executive branch. |
1:15.4 | With that, I want to bring in our nightcap. |
1:17.8 | And today, it is packed with an all-star crew outside the beltway from across the country. |
1:23.3 | Former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and hails from Alabama. |
1:28.9 | Former Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. |
1:32.1 | She's a CNBC contributor and founder of one country project. |
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