Schumer Has Meltdown After Supreme Court Sides With Trump

“The Supreme Court’s ruling to curtail the long-established power of courts to obstruct unlawful executive actions represents an unprecedented and alarming shift towards authoritarianism, posing a serious threat to our democracy, and is a predictable action from this extremist MAGA court,” he stated in a post on X.

“By diminishing the ability of district courts to hold the presidency accountable, the Court is not upholding the Constitution—it is tarnishing it,” the senator remarked.

“This decision grants Donald Trump yet another opportunity to dismantle the very foundations of American democracy,” Schumer asserted.

“His initiative to abolish birthright citizenship is clearly unconstitutional, yet rather than halting it, the Court has evaded the issue and yielded to an unrestrained Executive Branch,” he added.

However, here lies the contradiction.

Just hours prior to that statement, the Senate minority leader, who had previously been mocked for feigning a barbecue on a cold grill, lauded the same Supreme Court that he later denounced as an ‘extremist MAGA court.’

“The Supreme Court’s ruling today reaffirms the Affordable Care Act’s commitment—that access to essential care should never be contingent upon your income, your employer, or your ZIP code,” the senator noted.

“From cancer screenings to vital HIV prevention medication, investing in no-cost preventive care lowers long-term expenses and saves lives,” Schumer emphasized.

“Senate Democrats will continue to advocate for the enhancement and expansion of health care protections for American families,” he concluded.

The same senator, the same platform, the same court, just hours apart.However, his duplicity extends further, as just one day prior to those two posts, he was once again an adversary of the court.

“The most recent ruling by the Supreme Court poses an even greater threat to women’s health care,” the senator remarked. “For many individuals, Planned Parenthood represents their sole option for affordable health care.”

“Access to health care is a fundamental right—regardless of the opinions of the MAGA court. @SenateDems will continue to advocate for this cause,” he stated.

On Friday, President Donald Trump achieved a significant victory in the Birthright Citizenship Case. This victory was not based on the merits of the case, but rather on the question of whether a universal injunction is permissible. This development is critically important for all cases involving universal injunctions.

Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland clarified the implications: “The US Supreme Court permits Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship to be enforced in certain regions of the country for the time being, thereby restricting federal judges’ capacity to prevent the president’s policies from being applied nationwide.”

The Supreme Court conducted oral arguments regarding the case in May, following the issuance of nationwide injunctions by three lower federal courts against the enforcement of the order.

In an executive order signed on Inauguration Day, Trump asserted that the provision of the 14th Amendment, which grants U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil, applies solely to those with at least one parent who is a citizen or permanent resident.

Should it be enacted, Trump’s policy would result in the denial of citizenship at birth to approximately 255,000 infants born each year in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders, as reported by the Migration Policy Institute.

According to the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” For over a century, this provision has been interpreted to confer citizenship at birth to all individuals, with the exception of children of foreign diplomats, as reported by the WSJ.