Summary
The Supreme Court has decided to limit the use of "universal injunctions," which are court orders stopping government actions nationwide. This decision means that individual judges will have less power to block executive actions, affecting how policies are enforced nationwide.
Key Facts
- A universal injunction is a court order that stops the government from enforcing a law or policy against anyone, not just the people involved in the case.
- The Supreme Court's decision reduces the power of federal judges to issue these injunctions.
- A case related to birthright citizenship led to this decision, where judges had previously stopped President Trump's executive order with a universal injunction.
- The ruling does not address whether the executive order violated any laws, only the judges' power to block it nationwide.
- Universal injunctions have become more common in the last decade with more executive orders from recent presidents.
- Some Supreme Court justices have previously criticized universal injunctions because they were not commonly used before the 1960s.
- A law from 1937 aimed to reduce the power of single judges in similar cases, but its scope was reduced in 1976.
- The decision is considered a victory for the Trump administration, allowing more freedom to implement its policies.
