With Supreme Court Ruling, Another Check on Trump’s Power Fades

The New York Times ^ | June 28, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET | Charlie Savage

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The court tied the hands of judges at a time when Congress has been cowed and internal executive branch constraints have been steamrolled.

The Supreme Court ruling barring judges from swiftly blocking government actions, even when they may be illegal, is yet another way that checks on executive authority have eroded as President Trump pushes to amass more power.

The decision on Friday, by a vote of 6 to 3, will allow Mr. Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship to take effect in some parts of the country — even though every court that has looked at the directive has ruled it unconstitutional. That means some infants born to undocumented immigrants or foreign visitors without green cards can be denied citizenship-affirming documentation like Social Security numbers.

But the diminishing of judicial authority as a potential counterweight to exercises of presidential power carries implications far beyond the issue of citizenship. The Supreme Court is effectively tying the hands of lower-court judges at a time when they are trying to respond to a steady geyser of aggressive executive branch orders and policies.

The ability of district courts to swiftly block Trump administration actions from being enforced in the first place has acted as a rare effective check on his second-term presidency. But generally, the pace of the judicial process is slow and has struggled to keep up. Actions that already took place by the time a court rules them illegal, like shutting down an agency or sending migrants to a foreign prison without due process, can be difficult to unwind.

Presidential power historically goes through ebbs and flows, with fundamental implications for the functioning of the system of checks and balances that defines American-style democracy.

But it has generally been on an upward path since the middle...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

But the diminishing of judicial authority as a potential counterweight to exercises of presidential power carries implications far beyond the issue of citizenship. The Supreme Court is effectively tying the hands of lower-court judges at a time when they are trying to respond to a steady geyser of aggressive executive branch orders and policies.

Name one time, Mr. Savage, that a lower-court judge imosed an injunction on FJB in response to his "steady geyser of aggressive executive branch orders and policies."

[Flaming Conservative]

Awwww.

[Huskrrrr]

Somebody give Charlie a hanky.

[goodnesswins]

What BS

[SuperLuminal]

Wah...Wah...Wah...

The glorious knashing of teeth, pathetic wailing, and crying is music to my old ears...

Once again, Canada beckons to traitors of the American dream...
It will be a shame if all of them escape the hangman’s noose...

[shelterguy]

“””Somebody give Charlie a hanky.”””

Poor Charlie is sad. That makes me sad. Just kidding, it makes me laugh.

[chajin]

At least Trump signs his own EOs.

[bigbob]

[Lurker]

It may be spelled Savage, but it’s pronounced “Thavage”.

L

[GOPJ]

The New York Times sucks...

[Magic Fingers]

“Somebody give Charlie a hanky.”

“MISTER Trump”. Somebody give him a savage kick in the nads.

[yuleeyahoo]

With all of these SCOTUS victories beginning to pile up; I’m starting to think the Dims have made a grave strategic era with all of this lawfare. If not for this, Trump would still be somewhat constrained by the prior legal framework.

Now? We will get to see Trump in unbound.

[kiryandil]

Linda “Greenhouse Gas” Greenhouse saddened...

[kiryandil]

Charlie is not the wordsmith that “Greenhouse Gas” Greenhouse was.

[9YearLurker]

“the unconstitutional thwarting of his powers is thwarted”.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

If President Trump wrote a “new” Executive Order that was simply the text of the Constitution of the United States, Judge Boasberg and his minions would move to block it.

[SaxxonWoods]

Another Illegal Check on Trump’s Power Fades.

Adjusted for accuracy.

[Destroyer Sailor]

The NYT is irrelevant.

[FlingWingFlyer]

We need a president with no "power", right Charlie? LIKE A KING! YEAH! THAT'S THE TICKET!!!

[Getready]

Now the Dems are gonna sue “class action” so the judges can make blanket injunctions because plaintiffs will pop up from all states ...note ,the Dems want separate cases for each deported immigrant. Class actions are allowed if it is impractical to adjudicate each case. So they are trying both ends. There must be a way to legally destroy that perfidious strategy. The democratic party must be destroyed.