Supreme Court Decision on Nationwide Injunctions

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

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The Supreme Court has come to a highly anticipated decision in the case related to birthright citizenship. The issue before the court was how lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order declaring that the children of parents who enter the U.S. illegally or on a temporary visa are not entitled to automatic citizenship. A conservative supermajority sided with the Trump administration's request to limit universal injunctions issued by federal courts.

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0:00.0	A Supreme Court ruling limits the power of judges to restrain the Trump administration.
0:06.9	I think this is fairly momentous.
0:09.1	The conservative supermajority found that district courts went too far.
0:12.6	I'm Steve Inskeep, and this is a special episode of Up First from NPR News.
0:20.5	The court ruled in one of the biggest cases of the year.
0:23.9	It fell silent for now on whether the administration could limit birthright citizenship
0:28.6	in the Constitution.
0:30.0	This ruling instead finds district courts went too far with nationwide injunctions.
0:35.0	It's a victory for the president with unpredictable consequences.
0:38.7	An analyst foresees even more lawsuits.
0:41.1	It's going to overwhelm the lower courts.
0:43.2	It's going to lead to extraordinary expense and chaos and harm to the individuals involved.
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0:49.1	We'll get you on top of today's ruling.
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