8 h. ago The US supreme court has dramatically expanded the powers of the president | Moira Donegan

Donald Trump, personally, will now have the presumptive power to persecute you, and nullify your rights in defiance of the constitution, at his discretionThose of us who cover the US supreme court are faced, every June, with a peculiar challenge: whether to describe what the supreme court is doing, or what is claims that it is doing.What the supreme court says it was doing in Friday’s 6-3 decision in Trump v Casa, Inc, the birthright citizenship case, is narrowing the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions, in deference to presidential authority. The case effectively ends the ability of federal judges on lower courts to issue nationwide stays of executive actions that violate the constitution, federal law, and the rights of citizens. And so what the court has actually done is dramatically expand the rights of the president – this president – to nullify constitutional provisions at will.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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9 h. ago What's next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court's ruling

The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions

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9 h. ago High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions threatens to upend numerous lawsuits that have led to orders blocking Trump administration policies

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13 h. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’ as liberal justices dissent – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown JacksonUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeki...

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13 h. ago Trump hails ‘giant win’ as Supreme Court limits judges’ power to block his orders

US President claims ‘radical left judges’ tried to overrule his powers to end automatic birthright citizenship

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13 h. ago Supreme Court limits judges’ power to block birthright citizenship ban. Here’s how it’s a legal win for Trump

President can continue pursuing his attempts to alter the Constitution by redefining birthright citizenship, for now

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14 h. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’ as liberal justice issues scathing dissent – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown JacksonUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,000 wounded while seeki...

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14 h. ago US supreme court limits federal judges’ power to block Trump orders

Ruling to limit nationwide injunctions could see president’s order to ban birthright citizenship partially implementedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has supported Donald Trump’s attempt to limit federal judges’ power to block his orders on a nationwide basis, in a controversial ruling on an emergency appeal related to the birthright citizenship case that has wide implications for the executive branch’s power and which Trump claimed as a “giant win”.The decision represents a fundamental shift in how US federal courts can constrain presidential power. Previously, any of the country’s more than 1,000 judges in its 94 district courts – the lowest level of federal court, which handles trials and initial rulings – could issue nationwide injunctions that immediately halt government policies across all 50 states. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Trump claims ‘GIANT WIN’ in ‘Birthright’ Supreme Court ruling he hails as ‘Bigger than trade’ deals

Trump took a victory lap before reporters in the White House briefing room after hailing the ruling in a Truth Social post

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15 h. ago Trump says supreme court limiting judges’ powers is ‘monumental victory’; liberal justice blasts ‘travesty for rule of law’ – live

Sonia Sotomayor says decision is an ‘open invitation to bypass the constitution’ in scathing dissent; joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson US supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,00...

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16 h. ago Supreme Court gives Trump more power after ‘birthright citizenship’ ruling curbs nationwide injunctions

Liberal justices warn 6-3 decision puts government and legal system in ‘grave jeopardy’

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16 h. ago Supreme Court delivers bombshell ruling on Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship

The case stemmed from an executive order Trump signed when he took office that ended birthright citizenship.

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16 h. ago Trump claims ‘GIANT WIN’ in ‘Birthright Citizenship Hoax’ after massive Supreme Court ruling

The court did not green light his policy to block children born in the US to immigrant parents from claiming citizenship

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16 h. ago Three liberal supreme court justices dissent against ruling that limits power of judges to block Trump’s birthright citizenship order – live

Ruling is an apparent victory for Trump administration; the three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissentedUS supreme court limits judges’ power on nationwide injunctionsUS supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutionalThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states.The Israeli-US food distribution scheme in Gaza, Palestine, launched one month ago, is degrading Palestinians by design, forcing them to choose between starvation or risking their lives for minimal supplies.With over 500 people killed and nearly 4,0...

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17 h. ago Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

A divided Supreme Court has ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision leaves unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship

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17 h. ago Trump’s birthright citizenship case heads to the Supreme Court. Their decision could reshape presidential power.

Trump is using the case to stop judges from blocking executive orders, but it’s a backdoor to take down the 14th Amendment

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19 h. ago US supreme court expected to rule on birthright citizenship and other outstanding cases on last day of term – live updates

US supreme court to rule on Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would drastically shift immigration policy and how the constitution has long been understoodThe Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the US expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning, Reuters reports.US and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge amount of data processing behind AI requires a rapid increase in power supplies that are straining utilities and grids in many states. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Supreme Court meets Friday to decide 6 remaining cases, including birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court is meeting Friday to decide the final six cases of its term, including President Donald Trump’s bid to enforce his executive order denying birthright citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who are in the country illegally

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7 d. ago Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules

Court votes to back challenge to state waiver that allows it to set tougher car emission standards than federal limitsFossil fuel companies are able to challenge California’s ability to set stricter standards reducing the amount of polluting coming from cars, the US supreme court has ruled in a case that is set to unravel one of the key tools used to curb planet-heating emissions in recent years.The conservative-dominated supreme court voted by seven to two to back a challenge by oil and gas companies, along with 17 Republican-led states, to a waiver that California has received periodically from the federal government since 1967 that allows it to set tougher standards than national rules limiting pollution from cars. The state has separately stipulated that only zero-emission cars will be able to sold there by 2035. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US supreme court divided as fossil fuel industry wins in car pollution case – live

The conservative-dominated supreme court voted seven to two to back a challenge by oil and gas companiesFuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rulesDonald Trump is once again repeating unfounded claims that the results of the 2020 presidential election were fraudulent, saying that the evidence is “massive and overwhelming” but not providing any of it. The president called for a special prosecutor to be appointed to the case.He wrote on Truth Social this morning: Continue reading...

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