The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday gave President Donald Trump a partial victory on one of his most far-reaching executive orders, ending birthright citizenship. The court’s opinion limits socalled nationwide injunctions imposed by federal courts.
“Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. “When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too.”
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.
