Padilla Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court upended decades of precedent and curtailed federal courts’ power to issue injunctions:
“The Supreme Court’s ruling today undermines equal justice under the law. The Court’s decision means that constitutional protections now depend on which state you live in or whether you can afford to file a lawsuit.
“Today’s decision emboldens President Trump’s unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship, designed to stoke fear and persecute immigrant communities. It also fails every American who looks to the Court to serve as a check to ensure that the executive branch follows the law. The Supreme Court is supposed to serve as a safeguard against presidential overreach, not incentivize it.
“We must heed Justice Jackson’s warning that today’s decision will ‘permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued.’”
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