The Supreme Court handed President Trump a powerful win today, Friday June 27th, ruling 6-3 to severely restrict lower courts’ use of universal injunctions—those sweeping orders that have stalled many of his executive actions.
The ruling doesn’t resolve whether President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is constitutional, but it does ensure activist judges can no longer block presidential policies nationwide based on single lawsuits. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, said plainly: “Congress has granted federal courts no such power.”
For years, President Trump has faced relentless obstruction from lower courts wielding universal injunctions—halting everything from his immigration orders to reforms at federal agencies. Now, SCOTUS is reining that in. President Trump celebrated the decision on Truth Social: “GIANT WIN… Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard.”
The court’s decision leaves in place a 30-day pause, giving lower courts time to rework their injunctions to apply only to individual plaintiffs. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented, with Sotomayor accusing the majority of giving the Executive “free rein to act lawlessly.”
But the Trump team, including Solicitor General John Sauer and AG Pam Bondi, hailed the decision as a long-overdue correction. Bondi declared: “Today, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against President Trump.”
With this ruling, the Trump administration has a clearer path to enact its America-First agenda without being handcuffed by rogue judges issuing blanket bans. The legal tide has turned—and it’s flowing back toward the Constitution.