See below for reactions, starting with 2025 VA Democratic AG nominee Jay Jones, to this morning’s horrendous Supreme Court decision “in a historic case that tested presidential power and judicial oversight.”
With the court’s conservatives in the majority and its liberals dissenting, the ruling specified that Trump’s executive order cannot take effect until 30 days after Friday’s ruling.
Trump celebrated the ruling as vindication of his broader agenda to roll back judicial constraints on executive power. “Thanks to this decision, we can now promptly file to proceed with numerous policies that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis,” Trump said from the White House press briefing room on Friday. “It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation.”
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a scathing dissent. She argued that the majority’s decision, restricting federal court powers to grant national legal relief in cases, allows Trump to enforce unconstitutional policies against people who haven’t filed lawsuits, meaning only those with the resources and legal standing to challenge the order in court would be protected.
As Jay Jones correctly states, “Your rights now may depend on where you live and if your leaders are willing to fight for you. That makes state Attorneys General more important than ever.” And you know that Jason Miyares is totally cool with this decision, so the contrast between the two choices for Attorney General this November couldn’t be greater.
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Indian American Impact Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Empowering Trump to End Birthright Citizenship in Parts of the Country
Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that severely limits the ability of federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions. As a result, Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship is now allowed to take effect in parts of the country within 30 days- a move that disproportionately threatens South Asian immigrant families and undermines the constitutional promise of equal protection.
Chintan Patel, Executive Director of Indian American Impact, issued the following statement:
“This decision is nothing short of an attack on our democracy and the rule of law. By limiting the power of courts to block dangerous executive actions nationwide, the Supreme Court has handed Trump a powerful weapon to pursue his anti-immigrant agenda- including ending birthright citizenship.
The Trump Administration, and now the Supreme Court, is engaged in a systematic campaign to criminalize and roll back constitutional protections for immigrants. The consequences of this decision are immediate, real, and devastating as South Asian American families across the country will now face uncertainty about whether their U.S.-born children will be recognized as citizens.
This ruling gives a green light to authoritarian overreach and creates a dangerous precedent of unchecked presidential power. Indian American Impact will not sit quietly while the rights of our communities are stripped away. We will fight to defend the Constitution and protect the future of every child born in this country.”
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In response to the Supreme Court’s majority ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc., DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:
“While the Court focused on procedural pathways for plaintiffs, the broader danger remains: Trump is openly committed to ending birthright citizenship, and this is a step in that direction. If Trump gets his way, overturning birthright citizenship will create chaos in our communities. It could force hospitals to demand proof of citizenship from pregnant women, make birth certificates unreliable, and even leave U.S.-born children stateless. Let’s be clear: Ending birthright citizenship is central to Trump’s broader radical agenda to target immigrant families, one that would shrink our workforce, raise costs for families, and deepen labor shortages.
“That is why Democrats will continue to fight back — through the courts, in Congress, in our communities, and at the ballot box — to defend the Constitution and the shared value that America belongs to all of us.”
McClellan Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Birthright Citizenship
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Casa, Inc.:
“The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to every person born in the United States. President Trump cannot rewrite this bedrock provision by executive fiat. In today’s ruling, SCOTUS entirely ignores its fundamental responsibility as a check and balance on a tyrannical executive branch that seeks to trample the constitutional rights of every person in this country.
“The Court’s decision makes a mockery of the ideal of ‘liberty and justice for all’ by protecting only the constitutional rights of those who have the wherewithal to sue the government.”
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KAINE STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. CASA to limit federal courts’ ability to block President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional birthright citizenship order nationwide:
“President Trump’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship for those born in the U.S. is clearly unconstitutional. This is why every federal court until now had blocked the executive order from going into effect. But instead of making a straightforward determination on the constitutionality of the EO, the Supreme Court has colluded with the Trump Administration to curtail the Judiciary Branch’s own power to protect Americans from illegal actions by the Executive Branch, starting with undermining birthright citizenship. Now that Trump’s birthright citizenship order may go into effect in 30 days unless more lawsuits are filed, American hospitals and state and local governments will be in limbo about something as basic as issuing birth certificates. Parents of newborns will have to scramble to make sure that they have the paperwork to show their citizenship or immigration status, even as they prepare to welcome a baby into their families. Once again with this Administration, it’s nothing but uncertainty and fear.”
Kaine has vigorously and consistently pushed back against the Trump Administration’s efforts to unconstitutionally restrict birthright citizenship. In December 2024, he delivered a speech on the Senate floor condemning then-President-elect Trump’s stated intention to end the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. In January 2025, just before the beginning of President Trump’s second term, Kaine again delivered a speech highlighting notable Americans born to immigrant parents and their contributions to American society and culture. Later that same month, Kaine condemned President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. In May 2025, Kaine excoriated President Trump for denigrating the U.S. as “a stupid country” in an unhinged Truth Social rant for its constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
