Top US court evades issue of birthright citizenship

The United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling, which denied the federal courts the right to block executive orders nationwide.

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The US Federal Government of President Donald Trump too sought a limited ruling from the Supreme Court. The government challenged the federal courts' authority to issue orders blocking the executive directives nationwide that a baby born in the United States does not automatically gain the US citizenship. This is part of Trump's agenda to restrict immigration. Three federal courts in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state have issued orders that the presidential order should be blocked nationwide.

That is, the President's order cannot be implemented anywhere in the country and against nobody. The question before the Supreme Court was whether the federal courts have the authority to issue orders blocking nationwide the implementation of executive directive. The majority of the Supreme Court, the conservative six, have ruled that the federal courts do not have the right to issue orders blocking executive directives nationwide.