Judicial Firestorm: Barrett Blasts Jackson’s ‘Extreme’ Opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major procedural victory to the Trump administration, voting 6-3 to restrict the use of national injunctions against the President’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. This ruling, while not addressing the policy’s constitutionality, significantly curtails lower federal courts’ ability to block presidential policies nationwide. The order seeks to reinterpret the 14th Amendment, potentially denying citizenship to an estimated 255,000 babies born annually to illegal immigrants.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, asserting that federal courts resolve specific cases and should not exceed their power by offering general oversight of the Executive Branch. Barrett strongly criticized Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent, claiming it endorsed an “imperial Judiciary” at odds with historical precedent. Barrett stressed that judges, like all officials, are bound by law.