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A divided Supreme Court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.
The court on Friday issued decisions on the final six cases that were left on its docket for the summer, including emergency appeals relating to Trump’s agenda.
What to know:
- What’s the status of birthright citizenship? That’s unclear. Trump’s order aims to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally. The court’s conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide.
- What does the ruling mean for Trump? The outcome was a victory for the president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. “It’s a giant,” Trump said of the ruling. “And they should be very proud and our country should be very proud of the Supreme Court today.”
- What happens next? Trump said he would try to advance restrictions on birthright citizenship and other policies that had been blocked by district courts. One of the groups that challenged the order quickly went back to court seeking to keep his new restrictions on birthright citizenship at bay.
- What else did the court decide? The court sided with Maryland parents with religious objections to school book material, preserved a key part of an Obamacare coverage requirement, upheld a law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online and preserved a fee subsidizing phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.
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