Washington (USA), 27 June (LaPresse) – The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Donald Trump, authorising the entry into force in many parts of the United States of the executive order with which the president ended “birthright citizenship”, citizenship by right of birth. The Court voted 6-3, divided between conservative and progressive judges, ruling that lower federal judges do not have the power to block White House executive orders at the national level. The ruling has broader implications than just stopping birthright citizenship, on whose constitutionality the Court did not rule. For now, however, the judges have limited the lower courts' rulings to block Trump's order only in the 22 Democratic-led states, pending lawsuits against the presidential measure. Signed on his first day back in the White House, Trump's executive order limits birthright citizenship for children born on US soil unless they have at least one parent with legal permanent status. The broad restrictions overturn the conventional interpretation of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, long recognised as subject to few exceptions. Every court that has directly addressed the legality of Trump's order has found it likely to be unconstitutional. The administration had turned to the Supreme Court with its emergency procedure to limit nationwide injunctions issued by federal judges in Greenbelt, Maryland, Seattle and Boston.
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