Pam Bondi Announces Two Huge Court Victories

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced two major legal victories following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Friday.

Bondi praised the decisions on her official X account, crediting the Department of Justice and Solicitor General John Sauer for their legal work.

She stated that district courts can no longer impose sweeping nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump’s executive actions.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to limit the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a tool frequently used to halt presidential directives across the entire country.

All six justices appointed by Republican presidents were in the majority, signaling a legal shift that restricts lower courts from issuing broad national orders against executive policies.

This ruling is considered a legal blow to those attempting to block President Trump’s initiatives through the courts, many of which had previously been paused via such injunctions.

Nationwide injunctions allowed courts to prevent the enforcement of federal policies not just in specific cases, but across the entire United States, regardless of jurisdiction.

Following the Court’s decision, lower courts are now limited to granting injunctions that apply only to the plaintiffs in a given case, rather than the entire country, the Conservative Brief reported.

Separately, the Supreme Court ruled on a case involving Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Although the Court has not yet ruled on the policy’s constitutionality, it has allowed the executive order to move forward in some regions by rejecting universal injunctions against it.

Margot Cleveland, a legal correspondent, said the Court’s decision permits limited implementation of Trump’s order while curbing the power of federal judges to block it nationwide.

In May, the justices heard arguments on the legality of the order after multiple federal courts had previously issued injunctions preventing its enforcement.

The executive order was signed on Inauguration Day by President Trump and states that children born in the U.S. to non-citizens or temporary visa holders are not entitled to automatic citizenship unless one parent is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

The Migration Policy Institute estimates that, if fully enacted, the order would deny birthright citizenship to around 255,000 babies born annually under current interpretations of the 14th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, guarantees U.S. citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the country and under its jurisdiction. Courts have historically interpreted this broadly.

Supporters of Trump’s executive order argue that the amendment was originally intended to provide citizenship to formerly enslaved people, not to those entering the country illegally.

They also contend that individuals in the U.S. illegally are not fully under U.S. jurisdiction and thus their children should not qualify for automatic citizenship.

The White House maintains that the 14th Amendment’s purpose was to reverse the Dred Scott decision, which excluded Black Americans from citizenship, and was not designed to grant citizenship to those without legal status.

In 1995, the Department of Justice concluded that ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants would require a constitutional amendment. Nonetheless, Trump has repeatedly raised the issue as a policy goal during his presidency.

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