While the Trump administration cheered a Supreme Court victory Friday that rolled back the power of federal district court judges to issue the kind of nationwide orders that have paused his presidential orders, signs quickly emerged that court fights are far from settled.
In the decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the six-justice majority ruled that most courts could not issue the orders, sometimes called “universal” or “nationwide” injunctions, that paused federal administrative action.
But experts pointed out that the decision left open other avenues where courts could block Trump administrative actions nationwide, on behalf of states, in class actions and where the suit challenges a federal rule.
