Stephen Miller, a key adviser to Donald Trump, went on a fiery tirade Friday after the Supreme Court delivered a major win to the former president by limiting the ability of lower federal courts to block his executive orders.
Appearing on Special Report with Bret Baier shortly after the ruling, Miller celebrated the decision and took direct aim at what he called “Marxist judges” who had previously issued nationwide injunctions halting Trump’s policies.
“This ruling is monumental,” Miller said. “It restores the proper balance of power in American democracy.”
The 6-3 decision specifically addressed legal challenges to Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. The Court ruled that Trump’s executive order could go into effect 30 days from the date of the decision, weakening the power of district judges to issue sweeping, nationwide blocks on presidential directives.
Trump responded swiftly on Truth Social, posting:
“GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard… Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ.”
Miller echoed Trump’s enthusiasm on Fox News, claiming, “President Trump had more nationwide injunctions issued against him in five months than presidents had in the entire 20th century.”
He blamed a small group of left-leaning district judges in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago for weaponizing the courts to block Trump’s agenda. “No one in America elected these judges to govern us,” Miller said. “They elected one American president.”
Becoming increasingly animated, Miller declared, “Today, the Supreme Court affirmed that President Trump is the sole head of the executive branch—over the DOJ, the Pentagon, and Homeland Security. That’s how democracy works. Every four years, we elect a president—not a Marxist judge in San Francisco.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling doesn’t immediately lift the more than two dozen existing injunctions against Trump-era policies, but it does raise the bar for similar legal blocks moving forward. Legal analysts say states may still challenge executive orders and win broader relief than individual plaintiffs, but the ruling makes sweeping injunctions far harder to obtain.
While critics of Trump are calling the decision a blow to checks and balances, Miller and Trump allies see it as a long-overdue correction to what they call judicial overreach.
