The conservative majority Supreme Court of the United States granted the Trump Administration one of the most significant legal victories of his second term on Friday by limiting the powers of federal courts to halt the controversial executive orders of the American president.
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Trump has been complaining for months about the “nationwide injunctions” that several federal courts have issued against his orders on issues mainly related to migration, suspending the deportation of irregular migrants and their expulsions, in some cases to a high-security prison in El Salvador.
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A report from the Congressional Research Service identified 25 cases between January 20 and April 29 in which a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction. These cases cover a range of topics from federal funding to considerations of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
A split decision by the Supreme Court
In their ruling, published on their website, the conservative majority of Supreme Court judges, led by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was nominated by Trump, determine that “if a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted illegally, the response is not for the court to exceed its power as well”.
“The federal courts do not exercise general supervision over the executive branch,” the judge representing the conservative majority of the court has stated. “They resolve cases and controversies according to the authority granted to them by Congress,” she adds in a ruling.
The ruling had the dissenting opinion of the liberal faction of the court, led by Judge Sonia Sotomayor. “With a stroke of the pen, the president has turned our Constitution into a solemn mockery,” wrote the judge, accusing the conservative judges of “yielding instead of standing firm” against the president’s dictates.
Trump celebrated on his X account the “great victory” he has achieved in the Supreme Court, which, in his words, also benefits his Administration, which is trying to eliminate birthright citizenship.
In another one of the initial reactions, the Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, celebrated the ruling as the end of the “the endless flood of nationwide court orders against President Trump”.