The U.S. Supreme Court Releases Historic Rulings

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of historic rulings that will have a massive impact on the country’s future. Most notably, in a blow to the Trump Administration, the Justices ruled 6-3 to uphold birthright citizenship, striking down President Trump’s Executive order to end it.

As reported by The Washington Post:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld birthright citizenship, keeping in place a legal principle — that almost everyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen — that has defined who is considered American for more than 150 years. The Supreme Court also ruled that states can bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, saying such bans do not violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

On its last day of issuing decisions for this term, the Supreme Court also agreed to lift limits on how much political parties can spend in cooperation with candidates.

Today was the final day of opinions for the Supreme Court’s term, as they normally like to end the term before the July 4 holiday. What we see here is that, as per usual, the most contentious issues are the ones released last.

We had several decisions announced today. First, we had a decision in Trump v. Barbara, related to President Trump’s Executive order regarding birthright citizenship, with the opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts. The Court held that anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.

We also had a decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FederalElection Commission that struck down FEC rules limiting how much political parties can spend on candidates. For example, political parties will no longer be limited on how much they can spend on advertising. The ACLJ filed a critical brief in this case, and Justice Kavanaugh wrote the opinion.

In fact, we had two opinions crafted by Justice Kavanaugh, with the other being related to two cases at the state level, West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, both regarding biological males playing in female sports, which the states of West Virginia and Idaho had laws banning. That opinion, authored by Justice Kavanaugh, said the states can decide their own laws on this issue – it isn’t a constitutional issue.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more analysis of these major rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and whether they are wins or losses for President Trump and the American people. We were also joined by U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Ric Grenell to discuss NPR retracting a story falsely claiming that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

Watch the full broadcast below: