A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to prevent President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.

CONCORD, New Hampshire − A federal judge again barred President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship nationwide after the Supreme Court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.

Declaring a class-action lawsuit, a federal judge issued a nationwide block of President Donald Trump s executive order on birthright citizenship after the U S Supreme Court limited lower courts

Lower-court judges have already blocked several Trump's policies including an asylum ban at the US-Mexico border.

The Supreme Court's ruling on universal injunctions brings Trump closer to changing how citizenship is granted to babies born to noncitizens in the U.S.

The high court's order blocks a May decision by a California court that temporarily blocked the efforts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to drastically reduce the size of his agency's workforce.

In a closely watched decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884, that federal district courts lacked authority to issue universal (nationwide) injunctions blocking enforcement of federal policies.

The Supreme Court's ruling on universal injunctions is not the end of all expansive injunctions, but it does end a legal weapon for opponents of Trump's agenda.

The Supreme Court's decision to limit universal injunctions, which gives lone judges the power to limit executive orders, is seen as a victory for the Trump administration, which will now enjoy a ...