SCOTUS Says Federal Judges Cannot Implement Nationwide Injunctions

Before Democrats freak on this, they should remember that Republican federal judges could do this for Democrat presidents, and, do you really want that to happen?

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.

The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.

But a conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide. Trump’s order would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally.

Federal judges should only be allowed to rule for their areas, not make full nationwide pronouncements. That is the job of the Supreme Court. So, good ruling.

And, I have written before that it is really up to Congress to set the terms of birthright citizenship, not the Executive.

Oh, and

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