08/07/2025
USA - The Legal Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions and Birthright Citizenship Executive Order.
In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the power of lower federal courts to issue universal injunctions, holding that such injunctions exceed the courts’ Article III jurisdiction when applied beyond the parties before the court.
The ruling affects three key district court cases—originating in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Washington—that had previously blocked enforcement of the executive order nationwide.
The decision permits the executive order to go into effect in any state not directly bound by those lawsuits or joined by coalition litigation.
Trump's policy remains blocked in the following states:
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Washington
• Wisconsin
In states not covered by current injunctions, Trump's executive order is scheduled to take effect 30 days following the Supreme Court’s ruling, unless further legal challenges intervene. The order restricts birthright citizenship exclusively to children born to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, explicitly excluding children born to individuals on temporary visas (such as tourists, students, and workers) and undocumented immigrants.