Attorney General Marshall celebrates Supreme Court decision blocking federal district judges from making injunctions against Presidential executive orders

Washington, D.C. – June 26, 2025 - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision that reshapes the balance of judicial power in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 on Wednesday that federal district judges may not issue nationwide injunctions. Liberal attorney generals and activist groups had been judge shopping for liberal district judges to issue injunctions blocking President Donald J. Trump's policies across the country. The court's ruling ends the judicial usurpation of executive power.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to stay injunctions against President Trump's lawful executive orders.

"For years, federal courts have claimed the power to rule over the nation through universal injunctions," said AG Marshall. "Today, the Supreme Court has finally put a stop to this judicial activism, which has abused our constitutional separation of powers for too long."

The ruling came in Trump v. CASA, Inc., a case centered on President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-status parents. While the Court did not rule on the constitutionality of the order itself, it struck down the universal injunctions issued by lower courts that had blocked the policy nationwide.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion. She emphasized that federal courts are empowered to resolve disputes between parties-not to impose sweeping national remedies.

"When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too," Barrett wrote.

The decision has been widely hailed by conservatives as a victory for the separation of powers and a check on what they view as judicial overreach.

President Trump called it a "monumental victory for the Constitution," adding that "rogue judges" had been using nationwide injunctions to "kneecap the agenda on which [he] was overwhelmingly elected".

Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "Americans are finally getting what they voted for. No longer will we have rogue judges striking down President Trump's policies across the entire nation".

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was in the minority. She wrote, "That holding renders constitutional guarantees meaningful in name only for any individuals who are not parties to a lawsuit."

Rogue federal district judges have issued over 40 nationwide injunctions against executive actions by President Trump on immigration, healthcare, and civil rights. This abuse of a judge's position allowed a single judge to halt federal policy for the entire country.

"This is a tectonic shift in administrative law," said constitutional scholar Melissa Murray. "It redefines the role of the judiciary in checking executive power."

The ruling means that the injunction remains in effect for the pregnant Hispanic moms who sued to block President Trump's birthright citizenship order. However, it clears the way for the administration to enforce the policy everywhere else.

The Court's decision leaves open the possibility of class-action litigation as a mechanism for challenging future executive orders.

"President Trump's lawful order on so-called birthright citizenship should go into effect, but I have no doubt those working to undermine our immigration laws will try new tactics," AG Marshall said. "Rest assured that as our coalition of states celebrates this victory, we will continue to fight for President Trump's America First agenda."

The decision is expected to have far-reaching consequences for how the executive branch implements executive actions and how quickly those actions can be challenged in the courts.

The 20-state amicus brief that Attorney General Marshall signed onto in March made the case that President Trump's executive order is constitutional and reflects the original meaning of the 14th Amendment. The coalition's brief also cited evidence that up to 250,000 U.S. births per year, "about 7% of all births in the United States, and more than births in any State besides Texas or California-were to illegal immigrants."

President Trump said on Truth Social, "GIANT WIN in the United States Supreme Court! Even the Birthright Citizenship Hoax has been, indirectly, hit hard. It had to do with the babies of slaves (same year!), not the SCAMMING of our Immigration process. Congratulations to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Solicitor General John Sauer, and the entire DOJ."

Steve Marshall is term limited from running for a third term as Attorney General. He recently announced that he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for Governor of Alabama. The Republican primary is May 19, 2026.