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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan [View all]
muriel_volestrangler
(105,869 posts)15. Sotomayor: "travesty for the rule of the law"; Brown Jackson: "existential threat to the rule of law"
The SC majority reverses a long-standing practice - only when it has become inconvenient to King Trump, and when lower courts had ruled on the blatant unconstitutionality of Trump's actions:
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor read a summary of her dissent from the bench in the courtroom, saying the ruling was a "travesty for the rule of the law" and an "open invitation to bypass the constitution."
Federal courts "will be hamstrung" when it comes to nationwide injunctions but she urged potential plaintiffs to immediately file class action lawsuits, a legal avenue the court left open.
In a separate dissenting opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision was “an existential threat to the rule of law.”
Federal courts "will be hamstrung" when it comes to nationwide injunctions but she urged potential plaintiffs to immediately file class action lawsuits, a legal avenue the court left open.
In a separate dissenting opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision was “an existential threat to the rule of law.”
More from Sotomayor:
Sotomayor: Trump knew his birthright citizenship order was unconstitutional, so he went after the universal injunctions.
— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) 2025-06-27T14:16:41.181Z
"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. A majority of this Court decides that these, of all cases, provide the appropriate occasion to resolve the question of universal injunctions and end the centuries-old practice once and for all. In its rush to do so the Court disregards basic principles of equity as well as the long history of injunctive relief granted to non-parties."
Sotomayor: "No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. ... Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) 2025-06-27T14:22:18.676Z
""No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. ... Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
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Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2025
OP
+1. On positive side, we aren't bound by 5th Circuit, arguably most right-wing federal appellate court in the country.
Silent Type
Jun 2025
#3
Beat me to it - I just finished reading the opinion, and although it's a problem
Ocelot II
Jun 2025
#5
How would his son's citizenship be a problem? Trump , who is the father, is a citizen so his son is also.
Srkdqltr
Jun 2025
#14
She didn't become a citizen until after he was born thus Barron isn't a full citizen even if he was born here.
cstanleytech
Jun 2025
#34
Does this mean that the states who are not in the 5th Circuits jurisdiction can ignore the 5th Circuits national
in2herbs
Jun 2025
#9
I guess individual states, at the behest of the president, can now nullify the Constitution as long as...
LudwigPastorius
Jun 2025
#13
Sotomayor: "travesty for the rule of the law"; Brown Jackson: "existential threat to the rule of law"
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2025
#15
I think she was refering to not being able to strike it down across the country
Polybius
Jun 2025
#25
There are an unprecedented number of cases that have been filed related to 45's nonsense
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2025
#33
These 6 POS's are now on board to continue the further chipping away of the Constitution..........
turbinetree
Jun 2025
#21
A couple of Class Action lawsuits have already been filed to get around this ruling
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2025
#27
We definitely need to stop treating the idea like an impossibility or a joke. After all, fascists never believe
Karasu
Jun 2025
#31
If I understand it, he is now King. An Executive Order is law of the nation....
JohnnyRingo
Jun 2025
#39