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Fox News Politics Newsletter: SCOTUS Reins in District Courts on Injunctions

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SCOTUS Reins in Universal Injunctions

The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a major victory in President Donald Trump’s quest to block lower courts from issuing universal injunctions that had upended many of his administration’s executive orders and actions.

Justices ruled 6-3 to allow the lower courts to issue injunctions only in limited instances, though the ruling leaves open the question of how the ruling will apply to the birthright citizenship order at the heart of the case.

The Supreme Court agreed this year to take up a trio of consolidated cases involving so-called universal injunctions handed down by federal district judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state. Judges in those districts had blocked Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship from taking force nationwide – which the Trump administration argued in their appeal to the Supreme Court was overly broad…READ MORE

In dealing with the Trump administration’s birthright citizenship case, the Supreme Court will also be posed a much broader question concerning the injunction power of federal judges. (Getty Images)

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Capitol Hill

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AMERICA-FIRST FIGHT: Targeted by Trump, Rep. Thomas Massie hauls in campaign cash

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is raking in campaign cash as President Trump hopes to see a challenger knock him out in his 2026 primary election. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

SHOW US THE PLAN: Republicans raise alarm over US vulnerability to mass drone strikes after Israel-Iran conflict

Across America

TRUTH BURIED: Dem governor’s decades-old political persecution claim over alleged cocaine use disputed by bombshell memo

FAITH FAVORED: Supreme Court decides whether to allow parents to shield children from LGBTQ books in school

PROTECTING THE FAITHFUL: $94 million in grants awarded to Jewish faith-based organizations to prevent violence and terrorism: DHS

Hamas fighters stand in formation as Palestinians gather on a street to watch the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8, 2025 (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

FACULTY FACT-FINDING: Justice Department investigating University of California over alleged DEI-based hiring

JUDICIAL OVERREACH: California judge who blocked Trump National Guard order hit with impeachment resolution

IN THE CROSSHAIRS: Trump’s DOJ pressuring University of Virginia to axe its president over DEI programs: report

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