President Donald Trump spoke from the White House on Friday, celebrating a major Supreme Court decision that restricts the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions — a move that could clear the path for advancing some of his most controversial policies, including efforts to curb birthright citizenship.
The ruling came as part of the court’s final batch of decisions for the summer session, which also included judgments on school curriculum disputes, healthcare mandates, online safety laws, and federal telecom funding. In a split decision, the justices ruled that individual judges can no longer impose nationwide blocks on federal policies, though they left unresolved the broader legality of Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship.
Addressing reporters from the White House briefing room, Trump called the decision “amazing” and “a monumental victory for the Constitution,” touting it as a win for “the separation of powers and the rule of law.”
With this new legal opening, Trump announced plans to press forward with his executive order denying automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. unless at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident — a policy that had previously been frozen by lower court injunctions.
Vice President JD Vance also praised the ruling, criticizing nationwide injunctions as “a ridiculous process” that had too often been used to block presidential authority. “In our system, everyone must follow the law — including judges,” Vance wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
The decision, however, sparked sharp backlash from civil rights advocates.
Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, called the ruling “another obstacle to protecting constitutional rights,” though she emphasized that “individuals still have options for legal relief.”
Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of Global Refuge, described the decision as “deeply troubling” for immigrant families and warned that it could create legal inconsistency across the country.
“This opens the door to a dangerous patchwork of rights,” Vignarajah said. “A child’s citizenship could now depend on which judicial district they’re born in. That’s not how constitutional rights should work.”
Vignarajah also noted that birthright citizenship has been settled law for over a century, warning that the Court’s ruling invites “chaos, inequality, and fear” by weakening uniform protections.
