Will SCOTUS Disarm Resistance Judges by Ending Nationwide Injunctions?
My take on yesterday's oral arguments -- ones of transcendent importance -- in the cases challenging the president's executive order to curtail birthright citizenship
Supremes consider whether one district judge can derail a president
Will the Supreme Court stop radicals in robes from subverting the president and imperiling the separation of powers via rule by universal injunction?
Or will it continue allowing any one of 680 district court judges to nullify the votes of tens of millions of Americans by hamstringing the commander in chief with rulings infringing upon his powers to pursue policy and pick personnel?
These questions loomed over the Supreme Court on Thursday, as justices heard oral arguments in cases challenging the president’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship.
Those arguments suggest we could be looking at a 5-4 decision hinging on Chief Justice John Roberts — one that could make or break Trump’s presidency, and our republican order.
I break it down in a piece in today’s New York Post.