Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Lift Universal Injunctions Against its Bitrthright Citzenship Order

Four federal courts have issued rulings blocking Donald Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and immigrants in the US on temporary visas.

Three of them have issued nationwide injunctions, blocking enforcement of the the order throughout the country.

The Trump Administration has filed nearly identical emergency applications asking the Supreme Court to intervene in all three cases.

I would add that an injunction limited to a particular state or set of states would result in a situation where many children are considered US citizens in some states, but not others. If the Supreme Court wants to put an end to nationwide injunctions generally, they can do so. But if not, there are extraordinarily compelling reasons to maintain the injunctions in these cases..