A ruling from the 6-3 conservative majority Supreme Court that made a major ruling regarding President Donald Trump's attempts to limit birthright citizenship is a "deathblow to the rule of law," according to one noted legal scholar.
Appearing on MSNBC moments after the court avoided clarifying how the 14th Amendment should be applied, but instead limited the amount of people affected by court injunctions regarding it, NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray weighed in while speaking with host Ana Cabrera.
"This is all happening in an environment where the Trump administration is not only going after undocumented persons and deporting people without the benefit of due process, they're doing so while they are also upending the legal landscape by making it harder for pro bono outfits to secure the help they need from law firms to bring these suits," she noted.
"And now, with this decision, they're essentially saying that litigants will have to file in each particular jurisdiction around the United States in order to be clear that their resolution will have a legally binding effect," she added. "And that means you're just going to need a flood, an army of lawyers, at a time when that army of lawyers is not going to be forthcoming."
Friday's ruling stated injunctions issued challenging Trump's attempts to limit birthright citizenship — a Constitutional law that states anybody born in the U.S. is a citizen — would only affect individuals or groups involved in the legal action.
"So make no mistake about this," she warned. "The court has given this administration an enormous win. They have put one hand behind the backs of those who are trying to fight against this administration, and they have dealt a deathblow to the rule of law."
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