The Supreme Court on Friday granted a partial stay of nationwide injunctions issued by district courts against President Donald Trump’s executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship.
The 6-3 opinion came from Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The court’s three liberal justices dissented.
The court said it was not deciding whether the executive order from Trump was constitutional, rather focusing on whether federal courts have equitable authority to issue universal injunctions.
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