WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump and his top aides are declaring victory over federal judges who have blocked the Republican administration's policies at unprecedented rates, after the Supreme Court said nationwide decisions from regional judges likely exceed their authority.
"This was a big decision, one that we're very happy about," Trump told reporters in a previously-unscheduled White House press conference on June 27.
The Supreme Court earlier in the day ordered U.S. district court judges to review their orders temporarily blocking Trump policies, in a case about the second-term president's executive order limiting birthright citizenship for children whose parents were in the country temporarily or without legal authorization.
Trump said he was grateful for the Supreme Court to stop some 700 district court judges from imposing nationwide injunctions. He specifically thanked Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the decision, and Chief Justice John Roberts.
“These judges have attempted to dictate the law for the entire nation,” Trump said. “This was a colossal abuse of power.”
