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Source: NBC News
June 27, 2025, 10:08 AM EDT / Updated June 27, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to take steps to implement its proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship, handing a major win to the government.
The court granted a request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges so that they apply only to states, groups and individuals that sued. That means the birthright citizenship proposal can likely move forward at least in part in the states that challenged it as well as those that did not.
The court was divided on ideological lines, with conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
"When a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. But she indicated that the nationwide injunctions are limited "only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary." Lower courts, she added "shall move expeditiously" to figure out how broad the injunctions can be.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf
There's apparently a lot of confusion in the media about this because of what the case was about. I.e., this case was with respect to whether there could be "nationwide injunctions" (and in this case, with respect to the Birthright Citizenship E.O.), but I would think it could apply for any type, which seemed to be the purview of the 5th Circuit doing it continually.

Article updated.
Original article -
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to take steps to implement its contentious proposal to end automatic birthright citizenship.
The court granted a request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by judges so that they apply only to groups and individuals that sued. That means the birthright citizenship proposal can move forward in the states that challenged it as well as those that did not.
The policy remains blocked for now in one additional state, New Hampshire, as a result of a separate lawsuit that is not before the Supreme Court.
The court also said that the administration can continue working administratively on how the policy would be implemented.
