LIVE AUDIO: Supreme Court Hears Birthright Case

The New York Times reports:

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday in a case that could have major effects on the power of federal judges to hobble President Trump’s agenda.

On issue after issue, individual judges have frozen Mr. Trump’s initiatives in place while they are litigated in court using nationwide injunctions, which block policy across the country and not just for the parties who sued. The justices will consider a dispute that stems from the president’s executive order to end the practice of granting citizenship to all children born in the United States, a policy blocked almost immediately by federal judges who ruled that it was unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court could use the case to limit nationwide injunctions and reshape how federal courts handle challenges to Mr. Trump’s policies, curbing the power of federal judges to swiftly block executive actions and increasing presidential power. Groups opposing Mr. Trump’s actions would most likely have to bring many individual claims, or pursue other legal pathways, such as class action lawsuits.

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