White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller appeared on Fox News Friday to hail the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision restricting nationwide injunctions, framing it as a decisive victory for constitutional governance and a repudiation of what he described as judicial overreach.
The 6–3 ruling, announced earlier in the day, curtails the ability of lower federal courts to issue injunctions that block policies nationwide, a tactic that had frustrated the Trump administration repeatedly. The case stemmed from injunctions imposed against President Trump’s order eliminating birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizens in the United States.
Speaking on Special Report with Bret Baier, Miller argued the ruling restores a critical balance of power between the judiciary and the executive. “It’s monumental,” he said. “This 6–3 ruling restores American democracy. President Trump, over the last five months, had more nationwide injunctions issued against him than were issued in the 100 years of the 20th century.”
Miller emphasized that a relatively small cadre of federal judges in a handful of major cities—including San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles—had leveraged nationwide injunctions to block a broad array of policies beyond the plaintiffs in individual cases. He contended this practice effectively transferred governing authority away from elected leadership.
“No one in America consented to be ruled by a district court judge in Chicago or Manhattan or Los Angeles or San Francisco,” Miller said. “They elected one American president to run the executive branch. Today the Supreme Court has said President Trump is the one in charge of the executive branch.”
The ruling does not eliminate all avenues for broader relief; plaintiffs could still pursue class-action certification, but the Court concluded that extending injunctions to non-parties exceeded lower courts’ remedial powers.
Miller framed the decision as a necessary check on judicial activism and a reaffirmation of executive authority over federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. “Every four years we go to the polls, and we elect a president,” he said. “We do not elect a Marxist judge in a far-left city to rule over us. And that’s what the Supreme Court said today.”
The Trump administration had petitioned the Supreme Court after more than 40 injunctions were issued during his term, many targeting immigration restrictions and regulatory reforms. In January, Trump signed an executive order ending guaranteed citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders, sparking legal challenges that culminated in this decision.