Donald Trump: Richter stops birth law decree with a trick

In the dispute over birth law in the United States, a federal judge ordered a new stop for the controversial decree of US President Donald Trump, which is intended to refuse certain newborns. This continues the legal tug of war in the case, to which there was a decision by the Supreme Court just two weeks ago that Trump had given a victory.

The Supreme Court partially suspended former orders from federal judges, who had temporarily stopped the enforcement of Trump’s decree all over the United States. The focus of the decision was not the constitutionality of the decree, it was only about the powers of the judges.

The judge from the US state of New Hampshire now used a different legal lever-also with a nationwide effect: he gave an application to temporarily consider all children as a group that were or were born in the United States and could be brought by the decree around their automatic US citizenship. In a second step, he gave an application to stop the application of Trump’s decree with a view to this entire group. However, this arrangement only applies after seven days – so there is time to appeal.

According to the “New York Times”, group lawsuits are practically the only way to be able to stop the President’s policy in large parts of the country according to the decision of the Supreme Court.

In the United States, the principle of birth applies according to the 14th constitutional principle: All people who are born on the US floor and are subordinate to American jurisdiction are automatically citizens-regardless of their parents’ residence status. Trump wants to change that and had signed a corresponding decree immediately after his return to the White House.