AFT’s Weingarten on the Supreme Court Ruling in Birthright Citizenship Case

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Donald Trump’s challenge to nationwide injunctions at the lower court level, halting his attempts to end the constitutional right to birthright citizenship via executive order. The case is Trump v. CASA.

“The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA has broad implications, even if it kicks his illegal efforts to end the constitutional right to birthright citizenship down the road.

“Today, the justices have kneecapped the lower courts’ ability to protect Americans from Trump’s most pernicious policy abuses, making it far more difficult to resolve key questions by requiring additional litigation. People need courts to protect them from this or any other administration wreaking havoc on our nation’s laws and Americans’ lives. Today’s decision is an abdication of the court’s duty to protect Americans and our democracy from an out-of-control executive branch.”