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June 30, 2025

Supreme Court Strips Lower Courts of Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that lower-court judges will no longer
have the power to issue nationwide injunctions - not even to stop the
president from taking illegal actions. The case stems from Trump's
attempts to bar birthright citizenship, a right guaranteed under the
14th Amendment. After three federal judges blocked Trump's executive
order, the Trump administration sought emergency relief from the Supreme
Court. On Friday, the court's far-right majority granted that relief in
a 6-3 ruling, severely curtailing the power of district and appellate
judges to prevent the government from enforcing laws or policies that
violate the Constitution. The ruling overturns decades of precedent. In
a scathing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "No right is safe in
the new legal regime the court creates. Today, the threat is to
birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to
seize firearms from law-abiding citizens or prevent people of certain
faiths from gathering to worship."

In a separate ruling Friday, the Supreme Court sided with parents in
Maryland who objected to LGBTQ+ books in schools on religious grounds.
We'll have more on the Supreme Court later in the broadcast. 


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