The court on Friday issued decisions on for the summer, including emergency appeals relating to Trump鈥檚 agenda.
A divided ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President 鈥檚 restrictions on birthright citizenship.
The court sided with Maryland parents with , preserved requirement, upheld a law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online and preserved a fee in schools, libraries and rural areas.
Here's the latest:
Court鈥檚 ruling on nationwide injunctions 鈥榮macks of hypocrisy,鈥� US senator says
鈥淔or the past four years, Republicans ran to their handpicked judges in select districts seeking universal injunctions against Biden Administration policies they disliked,鈥� U.S. Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont said in a statement.
鈥淣ow, mere months into his administration, President Trump鈥檚 Supreme Court has decided to limit lower courts鈥� ability to hold him accountable. Let鈥檚 be clear: this is another instance of the Court bending over backwards to insulate this administration from any restraint on its power,鈥� he said.
ACLU, other groups file class action lawsuit over birthright citizenship order
The move in New Hampshire comes hours after the conservative majority of ruled that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but left unclear whether Trump鈥檚 restrictions on could soon take effect in parts of the country.
鈥淓very court to have looked at this cruel order agrees that it is unconstitutional,鈥� Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU鈥檚 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project, said in a statement. 鈥淭he Supreme Court鈥檚 decision did not remotely suggest otherwise, and we are fighting to make sure President Trump cannot trample on the citizenship rights of a single child.鈥�
A similar lawsuit was also filed in Maryland.
Advocacy group warn
s of possible Social Security number impacts after court鈥檚 ruling
Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group for the preservation of Social Security benefits, said the court鈥檚 ruling could open the door to the agency ending its enumeration at birth program.
Virtually all babies born in the U.S. are automatically given a Social Security number.
鈥淚f there are new injunctions or in the unlikely event that injunctions get lifted, SSA has to change its procedures,鈥� she said, referring to the Social Security Administration.
It could mean the SSA puts an end to its enumeration at birth program, she said, or 鈥渃osting a huge amount of money, causing huge inconvenience and swamping already overwhelmed field offices.鈥�
ACLU criticizes court鈥檚 age verification decision
鈥淭he Supreme Court has departed from decades of settled precedents that ensured that sweeping laws purportedly for the benefit of minors do not limit adults鈥� access to First Amendment-protected materials,鈥� national legal director of the ACLU Cecillia Wang said in a statement Friday.
鈥淭he legislature claims to be protecting children from sexually explicit materials, but the law will do little to block their access, and instead deters adults from viewing vast amounts of First Amendment-protected content,鈥� she added.
Advocates say a class action lawsuit is next
William Powell, an attorney for the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, said Trump鈥檚 birthright citizenship order requires a change in procedural approach and that challengers to it are now pursuing a class action suit.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 all the babies who have already been born, and all the babies who will be born in the future, as well as the parents of the babies who have been born and the expecting parents,鈥� Powell said.
Conchita Cruz, co-executive director of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, one of the plaintiffs seeking to block the order, said the Supreme Court鈥檚 opinion means the order is blocked for 30 days.
鈥淭hat means that for the next 30 days, babies born to immigrant parents will continue to be recognized as U.S. citizens,鈥� she said.
National Latino organizations criticize Supreme Court ruling
Leaders from LULAC, Voto Latino, Unidos US, and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials denounced the court鈥檚 ruling, concerned about the effect it may have on birthright citizenship.
鈥淭his ruling betrays our most fundamental promise: that every child born on U.S. soil is an American, period,鈥� said Roman Palomares, LULAC National President and Chairman of the Board said in a statement. 鈥淭he Supreme Court may have chosen procedure over principle today, but LULAC will not stand by while babies born under our flag are stripped of their rightful place in our nation.鈥�
Similarly, Voto Latino President and Co-Founder Mar铆a Teresa Kumar said the decision gives the Trump administration more power to further its 鈥渆xtreme political agenda.鈥�
Digital rights group s
ays ruling could upend First Amendment access
Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology, said the court鈥檚 decision on age verification 鈥渄oes far more than uphold an incidental burden on adults鈥� speech. It overturns decades of precedent and has the potential to upend access to First Amendment-protected speech on the internet for everyone, children and adults alike.鈥�
鈥淎ge verification requirements still raise serious privacy and free expression concerns,鈥� Jain added. 鈥淚f states are to go forward with these burdensome laws, age verification tools must be accurate and limit collection, sharing, and retention of personal information, particularly sensitive information like birthdate and biometric data.鈥�
Trump wrap
s up press conference
鈥淲e鈥檝e had a big week. We鈥檝e had a lot of victories this week,鈥� the president said.
He thanked Bondi for her work on the Supreme Court case that limited the power of individual judges to block his agenda, saying, 鈥淪he鈥檚 going to go down as a great attorney general.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e had tremendous wins,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut this was a tremendous win today.鈥�
Christian legal advocacy group calls LGBTQ+ books case ruling a 鈥榤onumental victory鈥�
Alliance Defending Freedom praised the decision allowing Maryland parents who have religious objections to pull their children from public school lessons that use .
鈥淭he U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 decision is a monumental victory for parents and their fundamental right to make decisions consistent with their religious beliefs about the upbringing and education of their children,鈥� John Bursch, Alliance Defending Freedom鈥檚 senior counsel and vice president of appellate advocacy, said in an emailed statement.
鈥淕overnment officials can鈥檛 force parents to give up that right or violate their religious beliefs in exchange for a public education,鈥� he added.
Trump says he will 鈥榩romptly file鈥� to push policies after court鈥檚 decision
Speaking from the White House, Trump said he would try to advance restrictions on birthright citizenship and other policies that had been blocked by district courts.
Trump calls court ruling a 鈥榤onumental victory鈥�
The president, making a rare appearance to hold a news conference in the White House briefing room, said Friday that the decision from the Supreme Court was 鈥渁mazing鈥� and a 鈥渕onumental victory for the Constitution,鈥� the separation of powers and the rule of law.
Vance praises court ruling on 鈥榬idiculous process鈥� of injunctions
鈥淯nder our system, everyone has to follow the law鈥攊ncluding judges!鈥� the vice president wrote on the social platform X.
Nationwide injunctions have become a key brake on Trump鈥檚 efforts to dramatically reshape the government, frustrating him and his allies.
Options remain 鈥榝or individuals to obtain relief from the courts,鈥� legal group says
Skye Perryman, the president and CEO of the nonprofit Democracy Forward, called the court鈥檚 birthright citizenship decision 鈥渁nother obstacle鈥� to the protection of constitutional rights, but added that 鈥渁 number of pathways remain for individuals to obtain relief from the courts.鈥�
Democracy Forward has led over pauses to federal funding.
鈥淟awyers in this nation will find a way or make one in the work to achieve what our Constitution mandates and our nation promises,鈥� Perryman said in a statement.
Immigrant advocates say the court has 鈥榠nvited chaos, inequality鈥� with ruling
The Supreme Court ruling 鈥渙pens the door to a dangerous patchwork of rights in this country, where a child鈥檚 citizenship may now depend on the judicial district in which they鈥檙e born,鈥� said Krish O鈥橫ara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge, a nonprofit group that supports refugees and migrants entering the U.S. 鈥淭his is a deeply troubling moment not only for immigrant families, but for the legal uniformity that underpins our Constitution.鈥�
鈥淏irthright citizenship has been settled constitutional law for more than a century,鈥� he said in a statement. 鈥淏y denying lower courts the ability to enforce that right uniformly, the Court has invited chaos, inequality, and fear,鈥� Vignarajah continued.
Law aimed at blo
cking kids from seeing pornography online upheld
The ruling came in a case over a Texas law that was challenged by an adult-entertainment industry trade group called the Free Speech Coalition.
The group said the law puts an unfair free speech burden on adults by requiring them to submit personal information that could be vulnerable to hacking or tracking. It agreed, though, that children under 18 shouldn鈥檛 be seeing porn.
Nearly half all states have passed as smartphones and other devices make it easier to access , including hardcore obscene material.
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Vice President JD Vance hails 鈥榟uge鈥� Supreme Court decision
Vance said the justices were 鈥渟macking down the ridiculous process of nationwide injunctions.鈥�
He also shared a post from conservative commentator Sean Davis, who said the court was 鈥渘uking universal injunctions,鈥� which liberals have sought from district judges to slow down Trump鈥檚 agenda.
Birthright citizenship case ruling will cause 鈥榗haos and confusion,鈥� group says
Lupe Rodr铆guez, executive director of National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, said the decision 鈥渙pens the door to discrimination, statelessness, and a fundamental erosion of rights for those born on American soil.鈥�
鈥淏y lifting the injunction on this cruel and unconstitutional executive order, there will be chaos and confusion for families across the country as citizenship may depend on the state you were born in,鈥� Rodr铆guez said in a statement.
The cases now return to lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the high court ruling. The conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide.
New York AG calls Supreme Court ruling a profound setback
The ruling, which said individual judges don鈥檛 have the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, left unclear the fate of Trump鈥檚 birthright citizenship order, which would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally.
鈥淲hile I am confident that our case defending birthright citizenship will ultimately prevail, my heart breaks for the families whose lives may be upended by the uncertainty of this decision,鈥� New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
鈥楾he lives of thousands of Americans will be upended鈥�
Common Cause President and CEO Virginia Kase Solom贸n said the Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of injunctions issued by federal judges leaves thousands of people vulnerable.
鈥淭he lives of thousands of Americans will be upended, and many will be wrongfully deported. The ruling undermines the ability of the federal courts to protect the Constitution from a president with no respect for the rule of law and a dislike for people who don鈥檛 look like him,鈥� Solom贸n said in a statement.
Solom贸n predicted the Trump administration would use the ruling to 鈥渋llegally deport citizens in violation of the 14th Amendment.鈥�
鈥淯ltimately, the courts will rule against this blatantly unconstitutional act by the president. But the ruling today prevents lower courts from stopping unconstitutional acts nationwide before they do serious harm,鈥� she said.
Many justices have raised concerns about nationwide injunctions
In the past, at least five of the Supreme Court鈥檚 conservative justices have raised concerns about the orders, but it hasn鈥檛 just been conservatives.
Speaking at the Northwestern University School of Law in 2022, Kagan warned of 鈥渇orum shopping,鈥� when litigants file suit in courts they hope will be receptive to them.
鈥淚n the Trump years, people used to go to the Northern District of California, and in the Biden years, they go to Texas,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t just can鈥檛 be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the years that it takes to go through the normal process.鈥�
Trump plans news conference to celebrate Supreme Court ruling
The president posted on his Truth Social media network that the ruling was a 鈥淕IANT WIN.鈥�
鈥淓ven the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process,鈥� Trump said in the post.
He announced he plans to have a news conference at 11:30 a.m. at the White House.
Court sides w
ith Maryland parents over LGBTQ+ storybooks
The justice ruled that the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.
The decision was not a final ruling in the case, but the justices strongly suggested that the parents would win in the end.
The school district introduced the storybooks, including 鈥淧rince & Knight鈥� and 鈥淯ncle Bobby鈥檚 Wedding,鈥� in 2022 to better reflect the district鈥檚 diversity. In 鈥淯ncle Bobby鈥檚 Wedding,鈥� a niece worries that her uncle won鈥檛 have as much time for her after he gets married to another man.
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Supreme Court OKs fee subsidizing phone and internet services
The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal Service Fund, the charge that has been added to phone bills for nearly 30 years.
At arguments in March, liberal and conservative justices alike expressed concerns about the potentially devastating consequences of eliminating the fund, which has benefited tens of millions of Americans.
The fee provides billions of dollars a year in in schools, libraries and rural areas. collects the money from telecommunications providers, which pass the cost on to their customers.
The ruling crossed ideological lines, with Kagan writing for the majority in an opinion that included several conservative justices.
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Key part of Obamacare coverage requirements preserved
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge from Christian employers to a key part of the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 preventive health care coverage requirements, which affects some 150 million Americans.
The 6-3 ruling comes in a lawsuit over how the government decides which health care medications and services must be fully covered by private insurance under former President Barack Obama鈥檚 signature law, often referred to as Obamacare.
The Trump administration defended the mandate before the court, though the Republican president has been critical of his Democratic predecessor鈥檚 law.
Nationwide injunctions have become a favored judicial tool during Trump presidency
A Supreme Court opinion limiting the use of nationwide injunctions takes aim at a judicial maneuver that has soared in popularity during the first several months of Trump鈥檚 second term.
A Congressional Research Service report identified 25 cases between Jan. 20 and April 29 in which a district court judge issued a nationwide injunction. Those include cases on topics ranging from federal funding to diversity, equity and inclusion considerations to birthright citizenship, the subject at issue in Friday鈥檚 Supreme Court opinion restricting their use.
That number is in contrast to 28 nationwide injunction cases that CRS identified from former President Joe Biden鈥檚 administration and 86 from Trump鈥檚 first term.
The report cautions that it鈥檚 not possible to provide a full count since nationwide injunction is not a legal term with a precise meaning.
Sotomayor accuses the Trump administration of 鈥済amesmanship鈥� in dissent
She wrote that Trump鈥檚 birthright citizenship executive order has been deemed 鈥減atently unconstitutional鈥� by every court that examined it.
So, instead of trying to argue that the executive order is likely constitutional, the administration 鈥渁sks this Court to hold that, no matter how illegal a law or policy, courts can never simply tell the Executive to stop enforcing it against anyone,鈥� Sotomayor wrote.
鈥淭he gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it,鈥� she wrote. 鈥淵et, shamefully, this Court plays along.鈥�
Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined her in her dissenting opinion.
Attorney general applauds limits on nationwide injunctions
鈥淭oday, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against President Trump,鈥� U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on the social platform X shortly after the ruling came down.
Bondi said the Justice Department 鈥渨ill continue to zealously defend鈥� Trump鈥檚 鈥減olicies and his authority to implement them.鈥�
Universal injunctions have been a source of intense frustration for the Trump administration amid a barrage of legal challenges to his priorities around immigration and other matters.
Nationwide injunctions limited, but fate of birthright citizenship order unclear
The outcome was a victory for Trump, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.
But a conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide. Trump鈥檚 order would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally.
Birthright citizenship automatically makes an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in .
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is reading her dissenting opinion from the bench, a sign of her clear disagreement with the majority鈥檚 opinion.
The other big cases left on the docket
The court seems likely to side with Maryland parents in a religious rights case over LGBTQ+ storybooks in public schools, but other decisions appear less obvious.
The judges will also weigh a Texas age-verification law for online pornography and a map of Louisiana congressional districts, now in its second trip to the nation鈥檚 highest court.
The justices will take the bench at 10 a.m.
Once they鈥檙e seated, they鈥檒l get right to the opinions.
The opinions are announced in reverse order of seniority so that the junior justices go first. The birthright citizenship case will likely be announced last by Chief Justice John Roberts.
The Associated Press
