Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan
Source: NBC News
June 27, 2025, 10:08 AM EDT / Updated June 27, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to take steps to implement its proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship, handing a major win to the government.
The court granted a request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges so that they apply only to states, groups and individuals that sued. That means the birthright citizenship proposal can likely move forward at least in part in the states that challenged it as well as those that did not.
The court was divided on ideological lines, with conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
"When a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. But she indicated that the nationwide injunctions are limited "only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary." Lower courts, she added "shall move expeditiously" to figure out how broad the injunctions can be.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf
There's apparently a lot of confusion in the media about this because of what the case was about. I.e., this case was with respect to whether there could be "nationwide injunctions" (and in this case, with respect to the Birthright Citizenship E.O.), but I would think it could apply for any type, which seemed to be the purview of the 5th Circuit doing it continually.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to take steps to implement its contentious proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship.
The court granted a request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges so that they apply only to groups and individuals that sued. That means the birthright citizenship proposal can move forward in the states that challenged it as well as those that did not.
The policy remains blocked for now in one additional state, New Hampshire, as a result of a separate lawsuit that is not before the Supreme Court.
The court also said that the administration can continue working administratively on how the policy would be implemented.
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Ocelot II
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BumRushDaShow
(156,885 posts)I had them in tabs too close together! 
Silent Type
(10,521 posts)Ocelot II
(126,099 posts)for the issue at hand (although it does not address birthright citizenship itself, and there's nothing in the decision suggesting SCOTUS would try to limit or abolish it on the merits), it also refers to forum-shopping. Anti-abortion groups in particular have filed their cases in the district court in Amarillo, Texas, to be sure their cases would be heard by right-winger Kacsmaryk. Among other things, he's issued an injunction allowing several states to petition the FDA to prohibit Mifepristone, saying said they shouldn’t be automatically discounted from suing in Texas just because they’re outside the state. So, I'd say sidelining Kacsmaryk and other judicial wackos is a positive development.
I think clever lawyers can figure out a way around the national injunction prohibition in some cases through the use of class actions.
Freddie
(9,914 posts)I’m so confused.
Ocelot II
(126,099 posts)SCOTUS was interpreting the Judiciary Act - it's a case about procedure that didn't address the merits of the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment.
cstanleytech
(27,777 posts)It wasn't about an actual case where Trump tries to force the government to deny people born in the US citizenship, though if he succeeds his own son, Barron's citizenship could be in jeopardy in which case I hope the kid is fluent in his mother's native language.
Srkdqltr
(8,672 posts)Maliana was a citizen also.
cstanleytech
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Callie1979
(837 posts)cstanleytech
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(837 posts)cstanleytech
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Miami Blue
(324 posts)For example, countless wealthy Russian women have traveled to Miami to give birth to their anchor Russian babies.
They are spending millions of dollars on birth tourism packages and condos at the Trump
Sunny Isles Condo aka Trump Little Moscow
As a result of this, FelonTyrantTrump has made millions of dollars while selling his Sunny Isles condos at The Trump Little Moscow to these wealthy Russians.
And of course, Don the Con was lucky enough to survive the reception with the help of these wealthy pregnant Russian women.
This is more proof that the Tyrant Felon is
the biggest hypocrite on the planet.
Jacson6
(1,437 posts)Miami Blue
(324 posts)Because the so-called “anchor-baby” word/ slur was created by Tyrant FelonTrump.
Here is some information about Donald J. Trump
and his first Soviet born wife Ivana Marie
Zelníčková aka Ivana Trump;
They married in April 1977, and Donald Trump Jr. was born months later that year in December. Ivanka was born in 1981, followed by Eric in 1984. All three Trump children were born in New York, making them U.S. citizens. Ivana Trump became a U.S. citizen in 1988, but she had been legally living in the country.
Therefore, FelonTraitorTrump's first three children are all “anchor babies” according to his own definition of the word “anchor baby”.
Can you now see his hypocrisy?
Again, according to my research, the word
“Anchor Babies” was created by the
Felon In Chief.
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ShazzieB
(21,179 posts)According to Wikipedia,the term "anchor baby" appeared in print in 1996, but remained relatively obscure until 2006, when it found new prominence amid the increased focus on the immigration debate in the United States. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_baby
Trump has used the term heavily throughout his political career, but he didn't come up with it (and I doubt he would have had the imagination to do so, lol)..
It's true that 4 of his 5 (known) children fit the definition of anchor baby, and you are spot on about his hypocrisy!
P.S. Czechoslovakia was never part of the USSR, although it was one of the so-called Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe that, while formally independent, were heavily influenced and controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Just wanted to point that out!
ShazzieB
(21,179 posts)
Unless you can provide a link to a reputable source for this information, I will assume that:
1. It is false.
OR
2. You did not verify it yourself before posting it here, in which case I will assume it is false.
Please note: I am not disputing the concluding statement that Tyrant Felon is the biggest hypocrite on the planet. I am questioning the source for the rest of the post.
Miami Blue
(324 posts)This information has been in the news for a long time and everyone knows about it, but that's okay if you did not know about it.
However, never distrust what I am saying, I am
a former DOJ agent. Accordingly, I’m not into conspiracy theories and other kinds of BS.
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Russian 'birth tourists' are flocking to Miami, and Trump condos, to give birth to American citizens
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Russian birth tourism is big in Miami
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BY PETER WEBER, THE WEEK US
PUBLISHED JANUARY 12, 2018
A growing number of pregnant Russian women have been traveling to Miami to give birth, with the wealthier ones buying birth tourism packages and those of more modest means putting together DIY packages. Giving birth in the U.S., and Miami in particular, is a status symbol in Moscow, NBC News reports, and the big draw is birthright citizenship. All children born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens. "The child gets a lifelong right to live and work and collect benefits in the U.S." NBC News says. "And when they turn 21 they can sponsor their parents' application for an American green card."
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President Trump, a critic of birthright citizenship, has been insisting on getting rid of such "chain migration" in immigration talks going on in Washington. But as The Daily Beast reported last year, Trump-branded condos in Miami, especially its Sunny Isles Beach area — dubbed "Little Russia" — are especially popular birth tourism bases for women who can afford the rent. Some Russian birth tourism outfits tout the Trump name in their packages. "There is no indication that Trump or the Trump Organization is profiting directly from birth tourism," NBC News says, though The Daily Beast notes that Trump's company "does benefit from Russian patronage of the nearby Trump International Beach Resort."
ShazzieB
(21,179 posts)But never mind, I'll check it out myself when I get a chance. This info is completely new to me. Not the fact that people deliberately come here from other countries to give birth here, but the (implied) idea that this is somehow a threat to our country.
As far what you have said about your credentials, I appreciate the info, but you must realize I have no way of verifying them. Nothing personal, it's just that on the internet, everyone is a perfect stranger until proven otherwise. I've been active on line since the mid 90s and have learned that it's always advisable to take what any unfamiliar person says about themself with a grain of salt. Again, nothing personal.
I see from your DU profile that you've been a member for almost a year, but this is the first time I've run into one of your posts, so you are a stranger to me at this point (as, I assume, I am to you).
One thing you should know about DU is that it's customary to provide a source (preferably including a link) when citing information that others may not be familiar with, unless it's obviously common knowledge (e.g., "Trump is president of the United States" ). This is particularly true in the case of anything that might be considered controversial. Since part of what you posted was unfamiliar to me and sounded like a possible attack on immigrants, it set off my "citation needed" alarm bells. If you did not mean it as an attack on immigrants, I stand corrected.
I know there are women who come here just to give birth and go home, but imo, that is is an entirely separate issue from that of babies born to people actually living here (documented or not). In both cases, however, what the Constitution says about birthright citizenship still stands, and only an amendment to the Constitution can change that.
Miami Blue
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Russians Are Traveling To Trump’s American Properties To Give Birth And Get Dual Citizenship For Their Babies
Kali Holloway
September 10 | 2017
Russians Are Traveling To Trump’s American Properties To Give Birth And Get Dual Citizenship For Their Babies
Reprinted with permission from AlterNet.
The president’s affection for Vladimir Putin and accommodating stance on Russia have had a trickle-down effect: a Russian baby boom centered on Trump’s Miami properties. While the trend of Russians traveling to Florida to give birth was being noticed as far back as 2014, a recent Daily Beast investigation indicates many of those expectant parents are booking Trump properties for their short-term accommodations. Wealthy Russian couples not only want to give their babies the dividends that come with American citizenship, but they also want their birthing experience to be as luxurious as possible. Trump properties offer high-end digs, as well as a brand now recognized as extremely hospitable to all things Russian.
An entire industry has sprung up around Russian birth tourism in Miami, in an area already known as the Russian Riviera and Little Moscow. The Daily Beast identified numerous companies that, for a hefty price, offer packages that bundle housing, medical services, and other must-haves for the months Russian parents-to-be are in the States. Many of these companies make explicit reference to Trump lodgings in their advertisements, recognizing the name as a powerful draw for Russians who can afford it.
SVM-MED, a company with offices in Miami, Kiev, and Moscow, reportedly “offers three tiers of packages to its clients, with the top two advertising lodging in Trump Towers. The most expensive package costs $84,700 for a Trump Tower II apartment with a gold-tiled bathtub and a chauffeured Cadillac Escalade or Mercedes-Benz.”
There are plenty of others for well-heeled Russian birth tourists to choose from:
Miami-Boom advertises an apartment at Trump Royale with two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The website doesn’t list a price, but the same apartment is listed on other real estate websites for $5,000 a month.
A third company, albeit aimed largely at Ukrainian customers, promises that Miami’s Sunny Isles suburb has excellent condominium options, “some of which, like Trump Towers, were created by American multi-billionaire Donald Trump himself!”
Technically, it’s not illegal to come to the U.S. to give birth, which is why these companies advise customers that “no one will get in trouble as long as they don’t lie on immigration paperwork.” The Sunny Medical Center “openly advertises citizenship as one of the primary benefits their clients receive.” Owner Vera Muzyka told the Daily Beast that all of its clients “openly tell U.S. officials that they are coming for birth tourism.” (It’s worth noting that upper-income Chinese birth tourists in the U.S. have been targets of a crackdown.)
While the Trump Organization doesn’t profit much from these wealthy Russians (many sublet condos that are already bought and paid for, often by millionaire Russian owners), the Daily Beast notes the organization “does benefit from Russian patronage of the nearby Trump International Beach Resort.” The visibility of Russian birth tourists at Trump properties also says a tremendous amount about the view of Trump from Russia.
The trend also offers insight into the hypocrisy on the right around the immigration debate. These families will return to Russia after giving birth having not only enjoyed a luxe stay at a Trump property, but also filled with the confidence that their babies’ American citizenship will allow them to receive financial aid at U.S. colleges and a leg up on opportunities at American companies. The greatest benefit is that at age 21, “he or she can also apply for family reunification, to get their parents and non-citizen siblings green cards to come to the U.S.”
Replace the Russians in this news item with wealthy Nigerians or Colombians, and you have the kind of story Fox News would use as fearbait. Switch out the Trump properties with buildings connected to Obama by the flimsiest thread, and the GOP might launch an investigation. Trump spoke against birthright citizenship on the campaign trail in 2015, conservatives have been pushing the “anchor baby” explosion myth for two decades, and an estimated 800,000 young immigrants now fear deportation because of the cruel DACA repeal, all moves that cynically play to and ratchet up the xenophobia of the GOP base. But the fact that Trump’s properties have become what the Daily Beast describes as a “playground for birth tourists from Russia’s upper crust” is a non-story for a right wing that only worries about brown waves of immigration.
Even Russian birth tourists understand clearly that this administration’s message on immigration is colored by the color of the immigrants themselves.
“When Trump was elected, he said he wanted to eliminate citizenship based on place of birth,” Tanya Yanygina, a Russian birth tourist told the Daily Beast. “But he said that about people from the Middle East and Mexico.”
Valeriya Storozheva, a Russian woman awaiting her due date while renting a Trump property, is back for a second birth. She told the Daily Beast that her first child, born seven years ago, attends an American school. The new baby is supposed to arrive in the autumn. Like some of the other Russian moms who gave birth in recent months, Storozheva may choose to give her newborn yet another connection to the Trump administration. As Vera Muzyka observed, “The name Melania has become very popular.”
[h/t Daily Beast]
Kali Holloway is a senior writer and the associate editor of media and culture at AlterNet.
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Regarding my DU profile, everything is correct.
FYI, the last time I checked, it was still illegal
to impersonate an actual person on the Internet.
Moreover, in certain circumstances a false
Personification could result in federal criminal
charges. And even prison time in severe cases.
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PS
As a retired DOJ agent, I can assure you that all Americans are obligated to obey the laws of our country simply because we are pretty decent people.
It's too bad that we have a Felon as our President.
Miami Blue
(324 posts)In ‘Little Moscow,’ Russians helped
Donald Trump’s brand survive the recession
November 4, 2016
More than
8 years ago
Roman Bokeria, chief executive of Miami Red Square Realty, stands in front of the Trump International Beach Resort near his Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., office. (Angel Valentin/For The Washington Post)
By Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Dana Priest
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — The first of three identical 45-story Trump-branded condo buildings opened in this oceanfront city at a seemingly terrible time, just as the recession was dawning and the real estate market was starting to crumble.
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Many other projects in South Florida floundered in the lead-up to the national housing collapse of 2008. But the Trump buildings were among those that survived, in part because the developers were able to turn to another business source seemingly immune to the factors dragging down the U.S. market: wealthy Russians looking to move their money out of the volatile post-Soviet economy.
“They were trying to save their butts, but in fact, they were saving ours,” said Jose Lima, who was a top salesman for the company that developed the Trump towers and marketed the units. He estimates that one-third of the 500 units he sold were bought by Russian speakers.
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Today, there are so many Russians living in this city, a 1.8-square-mile collection of high-rise condos and upscale strip malls with caviar shops and Russian delis about 25 minutes north of Miami Beach, that locals call it “Little Moscow.” And the Trump brand has been dominant — with six condo skyscrapers in Sunny Isles carrying its logo.
Donald Trump’s positive statements about Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Russia-aligned policy positions have prompted critics to question the extent of the Republican presidential nominee’s financial connection to that country. While he has denied having investments in Russia, the experience in Sunny Isles and other Trump-branded communities shows how Russians have invested in him.
The Trump International Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach. (Angel Valentin/For The Washington Post)
In addition to the towers of “Little Moscow,” Russian investors have been a valuable source of capital for Trump buildings in nearby Hollywood, Fla., and in a large complex in Panama City, Panama.
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Trump does not own these buildings, but, like many Trump projects around the world, he licensed the use of his name and took a percentage of the profits from the initial sales of units. Real estate agents say there have been fewer Russian investors in Florida condos since U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia took effect in 2014. They predict that the market will improve if Trump wins and reconsiders the sanctions.
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Agents say that Trump’s image, synonymous with American-style luxury, has attracted the financial elite from Europe, South America and Asia, and, they say, his buildings have long held special appeal for Russian investors, many of whom have become super wealthy from the privatization of formerly state-owned monopolies in the former Soviet Union. Some say that Trump’s presidential campaign — in which he has complimented Putin as a “strong leader” — has only helped to enhance the marketability of his buildings.
“When Russians get here, the first thing they ask is, ‘Where is the Trump building?’ ” said Ilya Masarsky, a Russian-born real estate developer who has helped Russian executives investing in the United States. “They know the Trump brand; they know Trump. They want to live where he lives.”
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As he sat in the marble-paneled common room of Sunny Isles’ Trump Tower I overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Masarsky added another aspect of Trump’s appeal: “Russians compare him to Putin. They like a strong personality.”
Roman Bokeria, the Georgian-born chief executive of Miami Red Square Realty, said that Russian-speaking investors have been attracted to the Trump buildings because they see the brand as a safe place for their money.
“They don’t trust stocks or bonds,” Bokeria said. “They want real estate, something they can see and touch and feel. And for Russians, where is the best real estate? It’s Miami and South Florida. It’s Trump. That is the dream.”
Donald Trump took time off the campaign trail to cut the ribbon at his D.C. hotel Oct. 26. How that and other campaign stops have affected Trump's businesses. (Video: Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post, Photo: Andrew Harrer/The Washington Post)
Alan Garten, the Trump Organization’s chief counsel, acknowledged that developers of Trump projects have gone to Russia to sell and that the market there, like others around the world, have been fertile territory for the brand.
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“There’s newfound wealth in Russia,” Garten said. “Just like there’s newfound wealth in China. Any developer is going to where you have a chance of selling your product.”
As for Sunny Isles, he said, “that’s the market. The Sunny Isles project, that area in South Florida generally, there are a lot of transplanted Russians.”
Garten, though, rejected the suggestion that lifting sanctions on Russia would affect the business. He said the idea of special ties with Russia because Russians have bought into Trump-branded buildings is a “total fabrication. It’s pulling needles out of haystacks and drawing these massive inferences.” Garten added that many Trump projects around the world have had no special appeal for Russians.
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Trump’s lack of investment in Russia is not for lack of trying.
The businessman and his children have made several trips to Moscow to market the brand and discuss possible deals. The Trumps promoted their brand and hobnobbed with Russian power brokers in 2013, when the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant was held in Moscow.
Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the company’s reliance on Russian investors during a real estate conference in 2008, about the time the Sunny Isles condos were being sold. He said that Russians “make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets” and that, “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.”
While in Riga, Latvia, in 2012, the younger Trump told interviewers that he saw “a real boom in wealth in some of these emerging markets” and noted that “there is an appreciation for brands and for brand names and for high-end luxury living and for hotels, and, obviously, we have something very relevant for that sector.”
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Victor Masaltsev, an Internet entrepreneur in Moscow, was one of as many as 60 Russians or Russian-born Americans who developers said bought into the 630-unit Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama. The complex, overlooking the Caribbean, is the tallest building in Central America.
“I was interested because of Trump’s name and because I thought it would be a secure investment,” Masaltsev said in a phone interview, translated by his Canadian-educated son.
Masaltsev learned of plans for the 70-story, sail-shaped residential and retail complex like many other Russians who came to trust the Trump brand with their money: through Russian-born business acquaintances or friends living in South Florida. Before deciding to invest, he attended a sales meeting in Moscow with other interested Russians.
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The meeting was led by Roger Khafif, who told potential buyers that Trump was a partner on the project, as did the elaborate promotional material he distributed.
“Russians like brands,” Khafif said in an interview, “and Trump was famous in Russia” during the early 2000s real estate boom. “These were good days for Trump. He was the only man in town for real estate.”
The elder Trump hosted a sales event attended by potential Russian investors and guests at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach in January 2008. About a dozen Russians came, Khafif recalled, as well as real estate brokers and salespeople, mainly from Miami. It was a splashy event attended by, among others, Trump’s friend Regis Philbin. Trump chatted with the potential buyers and posed for photos as he talked up the Trump Ocean Club project in Panama.
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Valentina Aved, an Estonian-born real estate broker in Palm Beach, said Trump’s branded properties have worked hard to market to Russians. The towers in Sunny Isles and Hollywood have, like other local venues, hosted meetings of the Russian American Chamber of South Florida. Aved recalled that at one particular meeting, over catered food from a Russian restaurant, the building developer gave a speech about how welcoming the property was for Russians.
Aved said she also participated in a day-long sales event for a Trump-branded property in the Dominican Republic so that she could market specific properties there to Russians.
“Everything Trump does for the lifestyle, it matches the Russian lifestyle,” said Aved, a staunch supporter of Trump’s candidacy.
As in Sunny Isles, the importance of Russian investors to Trump’s success was evident a few miles up the road in Hollywood. With construction ending in 2009, amid the recession, the project was on the brink of failure until a new developer stepped in.
Trump attended a flashy relaunch party in February 2011. Eight months later, the Trump Hollywood posted a notice on its Facebook page bragging that “since our relaunch in February, Trump Hollywood has seen Russian buyers spend $11.2 million on luxury residences.”
Seven months after that, the building’s units were sold out. Trump was so pleased that he recorded a video to praise the building’s development team for turning things around.
Trump pocketed $10 million to $20 million from the project, according to one of the developers, Daniel Lebensohn.
Both of the Trump Hollywood penthouses appear to have been purchased by Russians. Property records show that one unit was purchased for $6.75 million in 2010 by a company associated with Oleg Miserva, a Russian coal company president who met with Putin in 2010, according to a news release on the website of a Russian government archive.
The other oceanfront penthouse unit was purchased for about $6 million by Elena Gorlova, who shared a Florida address with a businessman named Eli Aliyevich Dzhabrailov. According to a listing on the real estate website Zillow, the unit features seven bedrooms and 8½ bathrooms, a private terrace, and floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic ocean views. It was purchased on the same day that Dzhabrailov bought a second unit in the building for $1.48 million. They could not be reached for comment.
One of those penthouse buyers flew high-end interior designer Stephen Gurowitz and a Miami real estate agent, Monica Gorban, to Moscow in 2011 to discuss plans to decorate the unit and other properties.
Neither Gurowitz nor Gorban would identify the client, and they said they did not know what he did for a living.
They described how they were flown to Moscow, put up at a Ritz-Carlton hotel and driven in an armored Mercedes-Benz to the investor’s compound in the Moscow suburbs.
“You never find out what kind of business they’re in,” Gorban said. “All I knew was that the checks came, they closed, and life was good.”
Gurowitz and Gorban said that their client had purchased the penthouse and a second unit in the building.
“To really sum it up, in all fairness, why do the Russians come here? For the weather, for the lifestyle and because it’s a good place to bury their money,” Gorban said.
Alice Crites contributed to this report.
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in2herbs
(3,840 posts)injunction on birth control medications????
Ocelot II
(126,099 posts)The opinion specifically refers to the problem of forum-shopping to get a judge who will issue national injunctions in particular cases. The decision cuts both ways and effectively sidelines Kacsmaryk and his ilk.
Bohunk68
(1,400 posts)I like, aha, that Kacsmaryk guy and the way the right wing shops for him means, those acts will now only happen in his district. Hopefully he will be hoisting his own petard.
SARose
(1,687 posts)Democratic states, the City of San Francisco and county, pregnant immigrants and charities helping immigrants?
So the executive order can go into effect in 30 days in states with Republican AGs?
The Supreme Court order is on hold for 30 days so DOJ can publish guidelines and others can file class action lawsuits?
Is that right?
How much is this whole mess costing me?
BumRushDaShow
(156,885 posts)so the E.O. process would probably go forward in red states. But if blue states file somewhere that puts an injunction in place, it will only be in place for those states that file in the jurisdiction that imposes the injunction.
The bigger issue here is that the E.O. itself has not made its way to the SCOTUS yet. This is only about the validity of "nationwide injunctions" (but it happened to do with the Birthright Citizenship E.O.).
LudwigPastorius
(12,973 posts)they can find a judge to agree to that.
This is a direct path to a fascist hellscape.
muriel_volestrangler
(104,154 posts)The SC majority reverses a long-standing practice - only when it has become inconvenient to King Trump, and when lower courts had ruled on the blatant unconstitutionality of Trump's actions:
Federal courts "will be hamstrung" when it comes to nationwide injunctions but she urged potential plaintiffs to immediately file class action lawsuits, a legal avenue the court left open.
In a separate dissenting opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote that the decision was “an existential threat to the rule of law.”
More from Sotomayor:
Sotomayor: Trump knew his birthright citizenship order was unconstitutional, so he went after the universal injunctions.
— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) 2025-06-27T14:16:41.181Z
"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. A majority of this Court decides that these, of all cases, provide the appropriate occasion to resolve the question of universal injunctions and end the centuries-old practice once and for all. In its rush to do so the Court disregards basic principles of equity as well as the long history of injunctive relief granted to non-parties."
Sotomayor: "No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. ... Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) 2025-06-27T14:22:18.676Z
""No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. ... Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
mdbl
(6,961 posts)So what are they supposed to do then? Kiss their ass and take them to dinner?
Polybius
(20,550 posts)Just in the states that were in the federal judge's jurisdiction.
mdbl
(6,961 posts)I don't remember.
BumRushDaShow
(156,885 posts)so it probably wasn't really a big issue otherwise... at least until you end up with someone like 45 who thrives at "gaming the system", and repeatedly appealing and then demanding re-dos, having done so for over 50 years. 
turbinetree
(26,369 posts)they are now "ALL IN" on planting and growing the Authoritarian Breakthrough of the dismantling of the Constitution or the Rule of Law that has been here for over 250 years, the 14Th , 15Th amendments have been here since the 1860's and 1870's ............they must have been on a conference call when Victor Orban was down in that rat infested palm beach place with the traitor to see the playbook to accomplish the mission.............and they just through in a touch of that asshole Putin's playbook just for good measure.............get out and vote.................
Kablooie
(18,951 posts)This will allow Trump and states to cancel any Constitutional right they want to.
When courts decided to block something they deem unconstitutional nationally, they were just putting a pause on implementation until it's adjudicated. If it was important enough, it would go to the Supreme Court to make a final decision.
Now Trump and states can do any unconstitutional thing they want to and it will remain in effect until it goes through the tedious process to be sent to SCOTUS. Only the individuals named in the lawsuit will be exempted. That could be years of blatant unconstitutional actions that will harm people.
This is the new way that a dictator can toss out the rule of law and do anything he wants.
LetMyPeopleVote
(166,528 posts)Class actions are a way around this ruling
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
There are already TWO new class action lawsuits challenging Trump birthright citizenship order
Suits designed to adjust to today's Supreme Court ruling
Including one by ACLU, which says "This executive order directly opposes our Constitution, values & history"
RainCaster
(12,990 posts)Is that really what they are telling us here? I really hope that is the case. If it is, I want my state to secede. It will be allowed now, if each state can interpret the Constitution as it sees fit. Many states can leave the US and join Canada if we want!
Karasu
(1,654 posts)anything they do is ever either of those things.
choie
(5,846 posts)I’m crying. Crying because I feel like we’re helpless to stop these monsters.
Deminpenn
(16,920 posts)to the wing nuttiest judge in that circuit to get injunctions? Hint, it's not liberals, progressives or Dems. It's the same conservative kooks who put a majority on SCOTUS.
Now when cases are filed in TX and the court grants an injunction, only TX will be affected.
This is a good thing.
BumRushDaShow
(156,885 posts)They went after everything that Biden tried to put in place and filed in the 5th Circuit -
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Is Spearheading a Judicial Power Grab
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Judge shopping leads to nationwide injunctions at the 5th Circuit
Judge shopping has provided an efficient way for right-wing litigants and conservative state attorneys general to get their priorities before the 5th Circuit and, subsequently, the Supreme Court. Typically, various guardrails prevent litigants from judge shopping, or strategically filing cases in certain courts to draw a sympathetic judge.56 However, the structure and venue rules of several district courts within the 5th Circuit—particularly the Northern District of Texas and Western District of Louisiana—allow the right-wing legal movement to hand-pick the judges they want to hear their cases. This lies in contravention of the general principle under the American legal system that litigants should not get to pick which judge hears a case.57
District courts—also known as federal trial courts—in Texas serve geographically large areas such that they are divided into local divisions, many of which have only one active judge.58 District courts make their own rules as to how cases are assigned, which in some cases can enable litigants to strategically file cases where they are guaranteed a certain judge.59 The right-wing legal movement has taken advantage of this, filing cases in divisions with particularly radical right-wing jurists—many of whom were appointed by President Trump—who will likely be sympathetic to politically charged claims.60
The abuse of judge shopping has also led to a proliferation of nationwide injunctions blocking Biden administration policies.61 Essentially, it only takes a single district court judge—such as Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas—to issue a procedural halt, called an injunction, to prevent a federal policy from going into effect across the country, or even reversing a federal policy that has been in operation for some time.62 During the Trump administration, the right-wing legal movement decried liberal-leaning circuits issuing nationwide injunctions, suggesting they were an abuse of judicial power.63 But during the Biden administration, the conservative legal movement became noticeably quieter on the matter, as extreme right-wing organizations utilized judge shopping in single-judge divisions to issue these types of expansive injunctions on Biden administration policies.64
The pattern often goes as follows: A conservative attorney general or a litigant with significant ties to right-wing organizations files a lawsuit challenging a Biden administration policy in a single-judge division with a highly partisan jurist, guaranteeing a favorable outcome.65 The district court judge issues a nationwide injunction blocking the policy, which inevitably goes to the 5th Circuit and often up to the Supreme Court.66 For example, since 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed more than two dozen challenges to the Biden administration’s immigration policies, seeking nationwide injunctive relief—but none were filed in Austin, Texas, where his office is located. Rather, the cases have been brought in far-flung divisions in Texas where Paxton can choose the judge.67 In Austin, a judge would have been randomly selected from the six jurists serving in that division, most of whom are relatively moderate.68
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JohnnyRingo
(20,066 posts)... without question from the Justice or Congressional branches. Watch how quickly they reverse this decision if a democrat takes the office. Unless Trump declares elections are postponed.
Notice how they generously allowed groups and individuals to sue? - Right after the court decided anyone suing the government has to post a huge bond to pay the govt legal team if they lose. That's anywhere from a half million dollars to millions.
TomSlick
(12,606 posts)Having read the opinions (no small feat), I think the case is wrongly decided buy there is an upside.
Courts will generally go to some lengths in the interests of "judicial economy." Today's ruling ensures that cases must be brought in every federal court district seeking a ruling that the 14th Amendment means what is clearly says.
What SCOTUS should have done (in my opinion) is to look to the likelihood of Trump's executive order being upheld on the merits and short-stopped the piecemeal approach in this case. Any literate person can understand what "All persons born or naturalized in the United States" means. It is a waste of judicial time to make every district court deal with this.
On the upside, our side of the political spectrum railed against federal courts in red states entering nation-wide injunctions during President Biden's administration. Those injunctions are now at least suspect if not invalid beyond the district in which they were entered.