Posted on 06/27/2025 8:21:59 AM PDT by Signalman
President Donald Trump and his administration are rejoicing on Friday as the Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the authority of judges to issue nationwide injunctions.
Nationwide injunctions are sweeping orders issued by district courts to block executive actions across the country. The Supreme Court ruled that these orders exceed the equitable authority Congress has granted to federal courts.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, while Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
The case stems from an emergency appeal by the current administration, which sought to narrow orders that have blocked President Trump’s executive orders preventing birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide. Liberal news outlets claim the nationwide court orders are an important check on Trump and his efforts to enforce immigration law.
Last month, during oral arguments for the case, SCOTUS looked as if they would allow a block on citizenship restrictions to remain while also trying to come up with a solution to scale back nationwide court orders. A majority of justices were worried about the consequences if the administration were given permission, even on a temporary basis, to deny citizenship to babies born to parents in the U.S. illegally.
“Democratic-led states, immigrants and rights groups who sued over Trump’s executive order argued that it would upset the settled understanding of birthright citizenship that has existed for more than 125 years,” NBC Washington reported.
In the first six months of Trump’s second term, 17 nationwide injunctions have been ordered. His first term had more than that. Proponents of the injunctions continue to argue that these are tools to help protect rights in all districts. Critics refer to them as judicial overreach that causes policy disruptions.
Recently, the House passed a bill that would curtail nationwide injunctions, limiting them to only the parties directly involved. However, the Senate is not likely to approve the legislation. Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton have proposed measures aimed at restoring the separation of powers by maintaining unequal judicial remedies.
This decision by the Supreme Court, according to legal experts, marks a significant redefinition of the federal judiciary’s reach. By curtailing nationwide injunctions, both executive and legislative power are strengthened. The ruling will ultimately reshape the legal landscape for future challenges to federal policy.
Be ready, the dims will organize and have a judge in every district they have control over a local judge to file an injunction. Roberts left a big hole.
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WINNING! YAAAAAY!!!
Those 5 months of FA Swamp Judicial activism is 5 months too long...
Their 5 month train of abuses and usurpations has delayed a course correction that was voted for in 2016, 2020, and 2024..
This ruling changes nothing. District judges will still issue nation wide injunctions and the administration will still have to go to court to get them dismissed. A judge’s order, even if unconstitutional, has the force of law until a higher court dismisses it. One can’t ignore the order because SCOTUS previously said “no”. It is a vaild order, even if in opposition to the SCOTUS ruling, unless heard by a higher court and overturned.
Sorry, I don't think that is what will occur. President Trump played fair and went through the Judicial system. The highest of them said, nope...the district judges don't have the authority for nationwide rulings. Now that Trump has that ruling, he is going to just blow of these judges. Just watch.
For gosh sakes, I really must remember my sarcasm tags!
This one is getting me flamed bigly.
(That was meant to be sarcasm)
It's easy, watch. /s
Those three are right less often than a broken clock.
Oh, votes. In my opinion the Democrat party gave up its last pretense of earning votes around 2017-2018.
What’s left of their methods are just cover for their myriad frauds, from machine programming to boxes of ballots, “cured” ballots, mail fraud, not to mention the hordes of illegals who overtly aren’t supposed to vote and do. By bus. Several times each.
I’m not worried about votes. Team Sanity just needs to be ready for the extra-curricular escalation.
“lower courts will ignore the USSC.”
And the lower courts’ ruling can be ignored. Legally
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