Overview

• The Supreme Court ruled that federal trial courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions to block executive actions, overturning prior district court practices.
• By lifting broad injunctions from Maryland, Washington and Massachusetts, the decision clears the path for the January executive order to be enforced in most of the country.
• Justices avoided ruling on the order’s compatibility with the Fourteenth Amendment, scheduling merits briefing and arguments for later this year.
• Legal experts warn the ruling could effectively expand presidential authority by curtailing a key judicial check used in challenges to immigration, trade and other policies.
• President Trump hailed the outcome on Truth Social as an “enorme vittoria,” while Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, warning that the majority had abdicated the court’s vital role.