Trump’s lawyers hope Supreme Court will help president implement his second term agenda more quickly and effectively
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court will take up a case that could decide how quickly President Donald Trump can implement his second term agenda as it hears arguments about nationwide injunctions that allow a single judge to block a policy for the entire country.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court will take up a case that could decide how quickly President Donald Trump can implement his second term agenda as it hears arguments about nationwide injunctions that allow a single judge to block a policy for the entire country. The issue arises from an appeal challenging rulings that have blocked Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, the longstanding practice based in the 14th Amendment of granting citizenship to any child born on US soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. “Nationwide injunctions, universal injunctions issued by district court judges have fundamentally thwarted the president’s ability to implement his agenda,” a senior Justice Department official told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday. Trump has issued over 200 executive orders in the past four months – more than any other president – which have been blocked by judges 39 times, according to the Justice Department. While recent presidents of both parties have faced nationwide injunctions, Trump is on pace to set a record, which is why this issue has become a priority for him and his Republican allies in Congress. “It cannot be the case that the president of the United States has to march around to 600-odd district court judges and ask each one of their individual permission to implement any policy, particularly important policies that he ran on and that the American people elected him to do,” a second administration official told reporters. Nationwide injunctions started being implemented around 1963 and were used sparingly until the modern era when judges started using them to block presidents of both parties, DOJ says.
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