WASHINGTON, D.C. – “No longer can rogue, activist judges abuse their authority to dictate the executive powers of the President of the United States … a massive victory for the Constitution, the rule of law, and the presidency itself,” the White House today proclaimed after a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that showed lower-level federal judges who their daddy is, thwarting the widespread injunction power they previously enjoyed.
(TOP PHOTO of President Trump and liberal Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Jackson, and Kagan.)
According to the White House, since the moment President Trump took office, low-level activist judges have been exploiting their positions to kneecap the agenda on which he was overwhelmingly elected. In fact, of the 40 nationwide injunctions filed against President Trump’s executive actions in his second term, 35 of them came from just five far-left jurisdictions: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
Now, the Trump Administration can promptly proceed with critical action to save the country — like ending birthright citizenship, ceasing sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, freezing unnecessary funding, stopping taxpayers from funding transgender surgeries, and much more.
The Supreme Court’s commonsense decision was rightly hailed as a huge win:
President Trump: “The Supreme Court has delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the RULE OF LAW in striking down the excessive use of nationwide injunctions … I was elected on a historic mandate, but in recent months, we’ve seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president to stop the American people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers. It was a grave threat to democracy.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi: “Americans are finally getting what they voted for. No longer will we have rogue judges striking down President Trump’s policies across the entire nation — no longer.”
Senator Charles Grassley applauded the ruling, saying, “Universal injunctions are an unconstitutional afront to our nation’s system of checks +balances &ought to 2b stopped for good. Ive been leading the charge as Chairman of Judic Cmte to clarify scope of judicial relief &stop the abuse of nationwide injunctions incl thru multiple provisions in reconciliation bill. Supreme Court backs up what Ive been saying fr months: judges r limited to cases+controversies/federal courts should NOT exceed their authority.”
Rep. Ashley Hinson made a statement on the matter: “It’s a bad day to be an activist judge, but a great day for the American people. The Supreme Court correctly ruled that activist judges should not be able to unilaterally dictate national policy and stand in the way of the Trump agenda that over 70 million people voted for, including ending birthright citizenship. The days of illegal immigrants abusing birthright citizenship are numbered thanks to President Trump’s leadership.”
CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid: “This is a big win for President Trump because he has been railing against these so-called nationwide injunctions … The justices are agreeing with Trump and limiting this power that judges have to block a policy for the entire country.”
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig: “Such a big win for the Trump Administration and … the Office of the President.”
Attorney Jonathan Turley: “I think that the Trump Administration has very good reason to celebrate. These district court judges have really tied down the administration.”
Sen. John Kennedy: “Anybody who knows a law book from an L.L. Bean catalog knows that federal judges just made up this concept of universal injunctions … They just made it up because they don’t agree with what a President or Congress has done.”
MSNBC legal analyst Melissa Murray: “This is a huge win for the Trump administration.”
The New York Times: “A major victory for President Trump”
NBC News: “A major win to the Trump administration”
New York Post: “Major win”
Reuters: “Win for Trump”
Politico: “Supreme Court hands Trump major win”