Trump wins big as SCOTUS curbs judicial power over his orders
By : Sandhya
The US Supreme Court on Friday backed President Donald Trump's effort to limit birthright citizenship and ordered lower courts that blocked the policy to reconsider their orders.
The Supreme Court justices, in a 6-3 ruling, granted a request by the White House to narrow the scope of three injunctions issued by federal judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state, according to Reuters.
The federal courts had halted enforcement of Trump's directive, issued on the first day of his presidency.
Trump had signed an executive order directing federal agencies to refuse to recognize US citizenship to those children born in the country, but do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident.
The Republican President's order sought to repeal birthright citizenship which were granted to babies born in the US, regardless of their parent's citizenship.
Under the directive, over 150,000 newborns would be denied citizenship annually, including the Democratic attorneys general of 22 states as well as immigrant rights advocates and pregnant immigrants.