As I was writing my report this morning, I was ready to document a ruling by an Obama-appointed judge who had ruled against Trump.
Just as I put pen to paper, another ruling came down, this time from a Biden-appointed judge, who has yet again defied a Supreme Court order.
They are helping Trump make his case that the judiciary today is filled with more activist judges than jurists.
Before we get into the meat of these rulings, I again wanted to cover the Supreme Court ruling that blocked nationwide injunctions in the lower courts.
Generally speaking, these injunctions were permissible for any issue that would impact other states or possible plaintiffs, but they were the exception, not the rule.
If you look at Trump’s first term and where he stands in the second term, he has already had more nationwide injunctions than the collective of all presidents in modern history.
Trump took the case to the Supreme Court, and he won, the majority ruling that lower courts are abusing this power. Sadly, most lower courts have defied this order, and it just happened again.
After the Supreme Court ruling, the Trump administration planned to move forward with Trump’s birthright citizenship order, but it was once again blocked by a Biden-appointed judge, issuing a nationwide injunction in the case.
U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued her ruling in the same case, Trump v. Casa, that was the subject of the SCOTUS ruling on nationwide injunctions. She wrote, "The Court finds that the plaintiffs have shown they are entitled to a classwide preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs have established that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their constitutional claim because the Executive Order contradicts the plain language of the Fourteenth Amendment and conflicts with binding Supreme Court precedent.”
Her ruling continued, "The plaintiffs also have shown that the class representatives and members will suffer irreparable harm — the denial of citizenship — without injunctive relief. Finally, the plaintiffs have established that the balance of the equities and the public interest weigh in favor of a preliminary injunction. The government will not be harmed by an injunction that maintains the status quo of birthright citizenship, and the plaintiffs will be harmed if the Executive Order is not enjoined pending the outcome of this lawsuit."
This is now the fourth ruling against Trump that goes directly against the prior Supreme Court ruling.
Next up is Obama-appointed Judge Kathleen M. Williams, who has ruled against Trump after the administration was sued by environmental groups, claiming the Florida immigration facility is a threat to the natural environment.
While the ruling will still allow the facility to operate, all plans for expansion have been halted for at least the next two weeks.
Alex Lanfranconi, a spokesman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, stated, “Today’s ruling by an activist judge will have no impact on immigration enforcement in Florida. Alligator Alcatraz will remain operational, continuing to serve as a force multiplier to enhance deportation efforts.”
We have gotten to a point where the ideology of the judge dictates the outcome more than 90% of the time, at least from the cases I have seen, especially where Obama- and Biden-appointed judges are concerned. I really don’t even think these judges are looking at the merit of the cases any longer, simply ruling against Trump in an effort to halt the administration rather than dispensing justice.
