WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, released the following statement condemning the Supreme Court’s hypocritical ruling in Trump v. Casa Inc., which fails to fully block Trump Administration’s order to end birthright citizenship and empowers President Trump’s attacks on the rule of law: 

“This ruling smacks of hypocrisy. For the past four years, Republicans ran to their handpicked judges in select districts seeking universal injunctions against Biden Administration policies they disliked. Now, mere months into his administration, President Trump’s Supreme Court has decided to limit lower courts’ ability to hold him accountable. Let’s be clear: this is another instance of the Court bending over backwards to insulate this administration from any restraint on its power.  

“In this case, the Trump Administration blatantly violated the Constitution and 120-year-old Supreme Court precedent. Instead of reining in President Trump’s unconstitutional actions, the court has condoned them. Untold numbers of children born in the United States may be denied the citizenship they are entitled to as a result.  

“Many of us, Republicans and Democrats alike, have discussed the need to reform nationwide injunctions, and members of both parties have put forth ideas. But the implications of today’s ruling should worry anyone who thinks courts should have a role in defending the rule of law and our constitutional rights—from health care rights, to gun rights. Now is the time for my Republican colleagues to decide whether they are willing to exercise their constitutional obligation to hold a lawless administration accountable.” 

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