Weekly Roundup: Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal courts exceeded their authority by issuing a nationwide injunction on President Trump's birthright citizenship order. We look at what that means for the future of birthright citizenship and other Trump policies that have been challenged by the courts. And of course, Can't Let It Go.

This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Lexie Schapitl. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:24.1	Hi, this is Kristen in Washington, D.C. I am enjoying a quiet night at home with my dog
0:30.4	after spending some time in Wisconsin celebrating my parents' 50th anniversary with all of our
0:36.3	family and many of their close friends.
0:39.1	This podcast was recorded at 1.24 p.m. on Friday, June 27th.
0:44.6	Things may have changed by the time you listen to this podcast, but my parents will still be in love.
0:49.5	Enjoy the show.
0:53.8	That is very sweet.
0:56.1	Dogs, Wisconsin, amazing.
0:58.8	I don't know how many couples can say that they're still in love after 50 years,
1:02.9	but my parents are at 49 just yesterday.
1:06.7	Well, you'd better start planning a party.
1:08.1	My brother and I were talking about what are we going to do for the next year.
1:13.9	My dad's already cranky about it. And it's like, I don't want to do anything. Maybe a dinner.
1:21.3	It's really too bad. Hey there. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
1:32.1	I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department. And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. Today, the conservative 6.3 majority on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts likely exceeded their authority by issuing nationwide injunctions. The decision came in a case
1:38.4	challenging President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
1:43.4	And in a press conference this morning,
1:45.4	Trump called the ruling a monumental victory. I was elected on a historic mandate, but in recent
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