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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned about "this court's complicity in the creation of a culture of disdain for lower courts, their rulings, and the law ... enabling our collective demise."Kelsey Reichmann / June 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (CN) President Donald Trump can enforce limits on birthright citizenship for some immigrants, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, allowing the White House to implement one of its most controversial policies.
Led by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the six-justice conservative supermajority strictly limited courts' oversight of the executive branch. Barrett, a Trump appointee, said courts are only supposed to resolve cases and controversies before them.
When a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too, Barrett wrote.
The three liberals sharply dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Barack Obama appointee, said the decision was an open invitation for the government to bypass the Constitution.
The executive branch can now enforce policies that flout settled law and violate countless individuals constitutional rights, and the federal courts will be hamstrung to stop its actions fully, Sotomayor wrote.
https://www.courthousenews.com/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-on-birthright-citizenship-judicial-oversight/
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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight (Original Post)
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A couple of Class Action lawsuits have already been filed to get around this ruling
LetMyPeopleVote
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LetMyPeopleVote
(165,424 posts)1. A couple of Class Action lawsuits have already been filed to get around this ruling
Class actions are a way around this ruling
Link to tweet

Link to tweet
That was quick
There are already TWO new class action lawsuits challenging Trump birthright citizenship order
Suits designed to adjust to today's Supreme Court ruling
Including one by ACLU, which says "This executive order directly opposes our Constitution, values & history"
There are already TWO new class action lawsuits challenging Trump birthright citizenship order
Suits designed to adjust to today's Supreme Court ruling
Including one by ACLU, which says "This executive order directly opposes our Constitution, values & history"

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(3,068 posts)4. Great news.
Boomerproud
(8,831 posts)2. Roberts called their dissents "venting".
If the SC is that divided and dysfunctional, I am very frightened. The tyranny of the majority is in full control. I wonder how the 3 abused justices are coping.
Passages
(3,068 posts)3. I feel the same.
A contemptible six.