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Michael Macagnone

Supreme Court limits federal courts on 'universal injunctions' - Roll Call

The Supreme Court curtailed the power of district courts to issue “universal injunctions” in a decision Friday in the legal clash over the Trump administration’s push to end birthright citizenship.

The 6-3 decision found that most of those those broad orders that stop government actions — and there have been dozens issued against the Trump administration this year — exceed the power Congress gave to federal district courts.

The decision sends litigation over the legality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship effort back to the lower court and is likely to set off an avalanche of litigation in more than 100 lawsuits against Trump’s administrative actions.

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