The Trump administration wasted no time after the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling to remind federal judges that their ability to block policies is now severely limited.
Just days after the Supreme Court limited lower courts’ power to issue nationwide injunctions, officials started submitting letters, filing notices and updating key arguments in multiple cases to remind judges that they must take the Trump v. CASA precedent into consideration when making any sort of decision.
Over and over again, the administration delivered judges a singular message: It is an “error” to issue an injunction that impacts anyone not involved in a given case.