US Supreme Court hands Trump win on powers of judges, birthright citizenship in legal limbo

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00:00It's a victory lap for President Donald Trump. He now has the backing of the Supreme Court to

00:05curtail lower court orders that have hampered his agenda for months, including his controversial

00:09plan to effectively end birthright citizenship. That was meant for the babies of slaves. It

00:15wasn't meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation.

00:21Under Trump's directive, more than 150,000 newborns would be denied citizenship annually,

00:26according to the plaintiffs who challenged it, including the Democratic Attorneys General of

00:3122 states, although the Supreme Court has signaled that the plan to effectively end it may never be

00:36enforced. The issue has become a rallying cry for Trump and his Republican allies, who accused the

00:42judiciary of impeding his agenda against the will of voters. But Friday's decision removes a big

00:47obstacle for the U.S. president, who's now poised to carry out his other pending policy objectives.

00:52Thanks to this decision, we can now properly file to proceed with these numerous policies and

00:59those that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis, including birthright citizenship,

01:05ending sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, freezing unnecessary funding,

01:12stopping federal taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries and numerous other

01:17priorities of the American people.

01:19The Supreme Court's decision also spells out far-reaching ramifications for the judiciary's

01:24ability to rein in Trump and even future American presidents, as it means district court judges

01:30cannot individually block a president's orders across the country.

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