The court says that universal injunctions “likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts.”
From the opinion of the court: The principal dissent’s analysis of the Executive Order is premature because the birthright citizenship issue is not before us.
Justice Sotomayor dissents (of course), in an opinion joined by Kagan and Jackson (of course). Jackson also has a separate dissent (of course).
The Opinion is 119 pages so expect to read a lot of articles dissecting the Court’s Opinion over the next few days.
At the end, the court says that the government’s applications to partially stay the district court’s preliminary injunctions “are granted, but only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary to provide complete relief with respect to each plaintiff with standing to sue.”
The court instructs the district courts to “move expeditiously to ensure that, with respect to each plaintiff, the injunctions comport with this rule and otherwise comply with principles of equity.”
The court says that it is not deciding whether the executive order is constitutional.
This is not a complete smack down of the federal district judges but at least it is a start.
I’m getting my Friday USSC groove on. My prayers are looking good if this holds.