Supreme Court, Trump victory on ius soli and immigration

The Court seemed to leave open the possibility of national orders in the face not of individual complaints but of collective actions or actions brought by groups of states.

However, the decision has implications that go far beyond the albeit important dispute over immigration and ius soli. Every year, 255,000 children are born in the US to non-compliant families. Trump declared it a 'monumental success'.

Not for nothing: the White House is engaged in a battle against large swathes of the American judiciary, which it now sees as one of the biggest obstacles to its quest for enhanced presidential and executive powers. And the new limits on nationally valid interventions by individual federal judges may affect all aspects of the president's agenda.

"Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of executive power, they resolve cases and disputes in line with the authority granted to them by Congress".

The majority of the six conservative senior judges was pitted against the minority of the three liberal members of the Court, confirming the ideological split of America's highest constitutional authority on the most controversial issues, overwhelming collegial efforts typical of a distant past and rather reflecting the polarisation of the entire country.

The tone of dissent brought to light the harshness of the debate: Sonia Sotomayor, on behalf of the minority, accused the majority of offering the government 'an open invitation to circumvent the Constitution. It can now implement policies that violate recognised legal rights and precedents, and the courts will not be able to fully stop these actions'.