Trump Speaks After Supreme Court Limits Lower Courts’ Power to Block His Birthright Citizenship Order

U.S. President Donald Trump hails a "monumental victory" after Supreme Court curbs nationwide injunctions that have slowed his agenda.

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00:00This morning, the Supreme Court has delivered a

00:02monumental victory for the Constitution, the

00:06separation of powers, and the rule of law.

00:09In striking down the excessive use of

00:11nationwide injunctions to interfere with the

00:14normal functioning of the executive branch, the

00:17Supreme Court has stopped the presidency itself.

00:20That's what they've done.

00:22And really, it's been an amazing period of time,

00:28this last hour.

00:29There are people elated all over the country.

00:31I've seen such happiness and spirit.

00:35Sometimes you don't see that, but this case is

00:37very important.

00:38I was elected on a historic mandate, but in recent

00:41months, we've seen a handful of radical left judges

00:45effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of

00:48the president to stop the American people from

00:50getting the policies that they voted for in record

00:53numbers.

00:55It was a grave threat to democracy, frankly.

00:57And instead of merely ruling on the immediate cases

01:01before them, these judges have attempted to dictate

01:04the law for the entire nation.

01:07In practice, this meant that if any one of the

01:09nearly 700 federal judges disagreed with the policy

01:12of a duly elected president of the United States, he

01:17or she could block that policy from going into effect or

01:20at least delay it for many years, tie it up in the

01:23court system.

01:25This was a colossal abuse of power which never occurred

01:28in American history prior to recent decades.

01:31And we've been hit with more nationwide injunctions than

01:34were issued in the entire 20th century together.

01:38think of it more than the entire 20th century me.

01:43I'm grateful to the Supreme Court for stepping in and

01:47solving this very, very big and complex problem.

01:50And they've made it very simple.

01:52I want to thank Justice Barrett, who wrote the opinion

01:56brilliantly, as well as Chief Justice Roberts and

01:59Justices Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas.

02:03Great people.