CNN's Paula Reid couldn't emphasize enough what a huge win the U.S. Supreme Court birthright citizenship decision was for the Trump administration.
On Friday, the court ruled 6-3 that universal injunctions were improper and exceeded the power of the federal courts. This means the lower courts must now "fight out" citizenship issues.
"This is enormous," Reid exclaimed. "This is as yet another huge win for President Trump from this conservative supermajority."
Reid said DOJ lawyers told her that "even though a lot of their policies were getting bogged down in the lower courts, that anything they could get in front of this high court, that they would ultimately win. They were playing a long game. And this decision right here, this is proof that this long game they've been playing for the past 6 or 7 months, they've won. And they've won big time."
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a lengthy dissent accusing the court of hastening the "demise" of government institutions with their ruling.
