Supreme Court paves the way for Trump to block citizenship by birth
Supreme Court then complied with a Trump government request by contesting these actions. The court’s decision, by conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett, was approved by 6 votes to 3.
Today’s decision, however, does not allow Trump’s policy to be in force immediately. With majority conservatives and liberals in disagreement, the decision specified that Trump’s decree will not come into force before 30 days after today’s decision.
No one disputes that the executive has a duty to follow the law. But the judiciary has no unrestricted authority to enforce this obligation – in fact, sometimes the law prohibits the judiciary to do this
Amy Coney Barrett
Trump signed a decree on his first day
The decree that denies citizenship by birth was signed on the first day of Trump’s second term on January 20. He guides federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of US-born children who do not have at least one parent as a US citizen or legal resident (also called “Green Card“).
Trump’s guideline would deny citizenship to over 150,000 newborns per year, According to the plaintiffs who challenged her, including democratic prosecutors from 22 states, as well as advocates of the rights of immigrants and pregnant immigrants.
