(COLORADO) — Some Colorado officials have reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s partial ruling over President Donald Trump’s executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship.
On Friday, June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that the executive order could go into effect in some areas of the country, for now. Trump’s order would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally. The Supreme Court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, according to the Associated Press.
While the ruling does not answer the question of birthright citizenship, it limits the ability of the lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions. The cases will return to lower courts, where judges will decide. Enforcement of the policy won’t take place for another 30 days.
“GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process.”
Some officials in Colorado have reacted to the ruling, with some disagreeing and others thanking the Supreme Court.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser spoke out over the decision, calling it a “legal chaos.”
Birthright citizenship has been a fundamental constitutional right for over one hundred years. Time and again, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the basic right that if you are born here, you are an American, regardless of a parent’s immigration status.
While the court did not rule on the birthright citizenship issue today, it’s decision to limit courts from issuing nationwide injunctions will spread chaos and create an unworkable patchwork of conflicting decisions in the judicial system. It is critical, for example, to have uniformity when it comes to citizenship – whether a child is a citizen should not depend on the state where they’re born.
We’ll keep fighting in the lower court to defend the 14th Amendment and the citizenship of those born in Colorado. The new limits on universal injunctions will not stop us from challenging the president or his administration when they overstep their authority and take illegal and dangerous actions that harm Coloradans.
Attorney General Phil Weiser
In April, Attorney General Weiser filed 14 lawsuits, with one aiming to defend birthright citizenship.
U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to show gratitude to the Supreme Court.
“Thank you, SCOTUS! Today is a great day to be an American,” Boebert said.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis also released a statement.
“This is a sad day. President Trump’s unlawful executive order and this decision weakens our ability to preserve well-established constitutional rights, creating a patchwork where rights might be upheld in some states and rolled back in others. Colorado will continue fighting to defend our constitution no matter who is in Washington, and these constant attacks on our Constitutional rights will not go unnoticed. In Colorado, we will continue to expand rights and freedoms, not roll them back. I hope the voices of constitutional defenders around the country speak up in the face of this dangerous decision.”
FOX21 News will add more comments as officials react to the ruling.
