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Jun 26, 2025 The Supreme Court limited lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions in the birthright citizenship cases Tier 1 · Primary Institutions and Governance
The ruling reduced one of the judiciary’s main tools for quickly blocking contested executive policies across the country before merits decisions are final.
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- SCOTUS Limits Nationwide Injunctions — The Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6-3 that nationwide injunctions likely exceed the authority granted to the courts by Congress.
- Supreme Court Limits Judicial Power to Curb Presidential Policies — The U.S.
- Supreme Court Limits Lower Courts' Power to Block Executive Orders — The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of limiting the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, which have been used to block many of Donald Trump's executive orders, including his attempt to end
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Week 23 – 2025-06-21–2025-06-27
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Jun 23, 2025 A federal judge in New York blocked President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants Corroborated Institutions and Governance
The ruling limited an expansive emergency theory of executive deportation power and reaffirmed that old wartime statutes have legal boundaries.
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- Federal Court Blocks Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act — A federal judge in New York ruled against President Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, stating that the law does not justify treating the migrants as an "invasion" or
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Week 23 – 2025-06-21–2025-06-27
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