The Supreme Court is limiting the power of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions. In a 6-3 vote, the high court’s conservative majority handed the Trump administration a major legal victory. The Supreme Court is putting the brakes on district judges who issue nationwide injunctions to stop a president’s executive orders. The ruling stems from […]
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Supreme Court limits judges’ power to issue nationwide injunctions
The Supreme Court is limiting the power of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions. In a 6-3 vote, the high court’s conservative majority handed the Trump administration a major legal victory. The Supreme Court is putting the brakes on district judges who issue nationwide injunctions to stop a president’s executive orders. The ruling stems from Donald Trump’s order to end automatic birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. Justices, however, did not specifically rule on birthright citizenship — only on curbing the power of a single judge to block such policies for the entire country.