BREAKING: Supreme Court Restricts National Injunctions in Trump Birthright Citizenship Case

SCOTUS ends era of universal injunctions in landmark Trump immigration case.

WASHINGTON — In a significant ruling on judicial authority, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday limited the power of federal courts to issue sweeping “universal” injunctions, concluding they likely exceed what Congress authorized. The decision stems from lawsuits challenging President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order No. 14160, which restricts birthright citizenship for certain U.S.-born children.

The 6–3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. centered not on the constitutionality of the executive order itself, but on the scope of the relief granted by lower courts. Those courts had issued broad injunctions blocking the executive order nationwide.

Writing for the majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett stated that “[u]niversal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federal courts” (p. 2), and emphasized that the ruling is grounded in the traditional limitations of equity courts as defined by the Judiciary Act of 1789.

According to the opinion, “[t]he universal …