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Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court can still invalidate the newest national injunction and allow the order to go into effect anywhere it is not currently barred from doing so. That would create administrative chaos, the authors write.
A journalist runs out of the U.S. Supreme Court building carrying a ruling on the last day of the court’s term on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

What the Supreme Court ruling against ‘universal injunctions’ means for court challenges to presidential actions

The Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that.
While sanctuary policies for immigrants have grown in the U.S. since the 1980s, the Trump administration is the first to challenge them. Marcos Silva/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Sanctuary cities can’t protect people from ICE immigration raids − but they don’t actually violate federal law

There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local coordination with federal immigration authorities.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to limit judges’ power to issue what legal experts call ‘nationwide preliminary injunctions.’ Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works

Do court-imposed nationwide injunctions, which stop policies for everyone across the country, give too much power to a single judge? Or do they protect important rights?
A pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto, May 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

By clearing protest encampments, universities put property over people

Canadian universities’ requests for court orders and police enforcement to clear Palestine solidarity encampments raise questions about the legal status of encampments and the use of injunctions.
Tents at an encampment in Crab Park, Vancouver, in August 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

British Columbia’s proposed bill on ‘alternative shelter’ risks doing serious harm to unhoused people

If passed, B.C.’s Bill 45 will trample over the constitutional rights of unhoused people by ignoring shelter barriers, Indigenous rights and the need for daytime shelter

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