Trump Goes Off Ahead of SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case: ‘The Drug Cartels Love it!
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President Donald Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on the Supreme Court ahead of high-stakes oral arguments in which the justices will consider the administration’s plan to end birthright citizenship.
In an unwieldy rant on Truth Social Thursday, the president went to bat for his policy as the high court weighs whether to lift the nationwide injunctions against the policy issued by three different federal judges.
“Big case today in the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote. “Birthright Citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent Citizens of the United States of America, and bringing their families with them, all the time laughing at the ‘SUCKERS’ that we are! The United States of America is the only Country in the World that does this, for what reason, nobody knows — But the drug cartels love it!”
The president added, “We are, for the sake of being politically correct, a STUPID Country but, in actuality, this is the exact opposite of being politically correct, and it is yet another point that leads to the dysfunction of America. Birthright Citizenship is about the babies of slaves. As conclusive proof, the Civil War ended in 1865, the Bill went to Congress less than a year later, in 1866, and was passed shortly after that. It had nothing to do with Illegal Immigration for people wanting to SCAM our Country, from all parts of the World, which they have done for many years. It had to do with Civil War results, and the babies of slaves who our politicians felt, correctly, needed protection. Please explain this to the Supreme Court of the United States.”
Beyond the issue of birthright citizenship itself, the Supreme Court — more specifically — is considering whether lower court judges have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions blocking federal policies. The White House argues that conveying this power on a large number of judges would unfairly restrict the executive branch.
“There are more than 1,000 active and senior district court judges, sitting across 94 judicial districts … Years of experience have shown that the Executive Branch cannot properly perform its functions if any judge anywhere can enjoin every presidential action everywhere,” The DOJ wrote in its argument to the high court.
But supporters believe the Constitution has given this power to the lower courts.
“The Constitution says federal courts have the authority to issue rulings in cases or controversies,” Law professor Amanda Frost told Politico. She added, “sometimes you need to give nationwide injunctions to give complete relief because a party to the case will not be able to get that relief without a nationwide injunction. That’s true of a school desegregation case. If a single Black child sues to integrate a school or attend an integrated school, it’s no remedy to say no other Black child can attend and only you, the plaintiff, get to attend that school.”
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