If the nation’s rules and laws were a game of rock, paper, and scissors, the Constitution would trump all. The Constitution is above all. One of the most limited forms of power is the presidential decree. Decrees have a scope limited to the executive power.
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Donald Trump has demonstrated over the years that he does not know the difference between executive orders and laws. During his second administration, Trump signed executive orders and behaved as if they were laws only for the courts to come in and throw out his executive orders as unconstitutional.
This dynamic plays out regularly in court. For example, all of Trump’s executive orders on election reform have been rejected, with courts continually ruling that Trump has no authority or power over elections.
On Monday, the Supreme Court overturned Trump’s executive order stating that postmarked ballots arriving after Election Day could not be counted.
On Tuesday, the court ruled that Trump’s executive order ending citizenship rights violated the Constitution.
It was an easy decision that everyone should have seen coming.
Citizenship by birth is written in black and white in the Constitution.
However, some Republicans, such as Speaker Mike Johnson, were unhappy with the decision.