The U.S. Supreme Court limits the power of federal judges, in another victory for Trump.

WashingtonThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, 6 to 3, that the federal judges who blocked Donald Trump's nationwide executive order repealing birthright citizenship overstepped their powers. The high court set a precedent limiting the justices' ability to issue rulings that affect the entire country, handing another victory to the Trump administration. In his war against the judiciary, Trump sought to curtail the sweeping power of federal judges' rulings, which had become the main line of defense against his absolutist aspirations. Regarding birthright citizenship, the high-ranking justices have not commented on the merits of the issue and have only said that the order can be partially implemented within 30 days.

The new restriction will mean that judicial injunctions issued by federal judges will now only apply within their state. In other words, to halt the president's executive orders, at least one judge in each state will need to issue an emergency injunction. Until now, a single judge's ruling was sufficient to have national reach. Consequently, Trump will have a much easier time advancing his agenda in states with more conservative courts.

"This was a great decision, an incredible decision, and we're very happy about it. This morning, the Supreme Court delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the rule of law by striking down the overreaching nationwide blocking powers that interfered with the functioning of the press that it convened just minutes after the Supreme Court issued its ruling. In a sight so far unusual, but becoming more common under this new administration, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche also appeared with the President from the White House. Before that, Blanche was one of the President's lead defense lawyers in the New York criminal trial of the Stormy Daniels case.

Today's appearance is very reminiscent of Trump's speech from the Justice Department last March, a setting that all of his predecessors had sought to avoid so as not to call into question the impartiality of the judiciary. It was in that speech that the president reiterated his war on judges, which he now sees as even more legitimized by the Supreme Court's ruling.

"Over the past several months, we have seen a handful of radical left-wing judges effectively attempt to overturn the legitimate powers of the President to prevent the American people from obtaining the policies they voted for in record numbers," Trump insisted, reinforcing the fallacy that the people ruled that the president's ruling rests with Congress. Along the same lines, Bondi celebrated how "the Americans are finally getting what they voted for." We will no longer have rogue judges overturning President Trump's policies across the country."

Beyond limiting the scope of action of the courts, the resolution also greatly delays the ability to react to the decrees, since to achieve a blockade at the national level now it will be necessary for the Supreme Court to rule. Normally, the high magistrate's tempo to react is somewhat slower, apart from remembering that it is currently made up of a conservative majority of six to three. Half of the conservative judges were appointed by Trump during his previous presidency.

Having to present resolutions in each of the 94 judicial districts that exist in the country threatens to be a real fight of attrition against law firms and organizations that try to confront the president's attempts to overstep his power. The judges had become the main dam of containment against the executive branch's overreach, so the president put them at the center of his target: from requests forimpeachment against specific justices, to appeals questioning their oversight.

In March, the Trump administration filed a motion with the Supreme Court asking it to halt or dismiss three nationwide injunctions challenging its attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship. The emergency motion argues that district court judges lack the authority to issue sweeping orders blocking policies nationwide. Now the Supreme Court has bought into the administration's narrative, aligning itself with its efforts to roll out its agenda.

Birthright Citizenship

One of the first executive orders that Trump signed only after being sworn in as president in January It was the repeal of the birthright of citizenship. The decree was quickly blocked by federal judges because it contradicts the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens." The Constitutional Court's ruling on this order was one of the most anticipated of June—when the high court rules on the majority of cases it has received during the judicial year—although this Friday's ruling does not address whether the president's action is unconstitutional or not.

The text, drafted by Judge Amy Coney Barrett, only establishes that the president's decree must be temporarily reactivated within 30 days, which means that the granting of citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary residents would be halted in the 28 states where it was not halted. Although the Supreme Court has not ruled on whether Trump's suspension is constitutional or not, the Republican has already celebrated the ruling as if the judges had also ruled in his favor. The president insisted that birthright citizenship was created for the children of slaves and not for "the thousands now entering our country."

"Thanks to this ruling, we can now immediately file applications to move forward with these numerous policies and those that have been wrongly suspended nationwide, including birthright citizenship, ending funding for sanctuary cities, suspending refugee resettlement, blocking unnecessary funding for transgender people, and many other priorities of the American people," Trump listed. Regarding when they expect the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the executive order, the attorney general says it will be in October: "Birthright citizenship will be decided in October, at the next session of the Supreme Court, unless they announce it in the next few minutes."