A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The ruling is in response to a lawsuit aimed at getting around a recent Supreme Court ruling limiting nationwide injunctions.

Federal District Judge Joseph Laplante has certified a class consisting of all current and future children who stand to lose citizenship rights because of Trump's order, and issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the order against all members of that class.

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.

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 curtailed the ability of judges to issue so-called universal injunctions that can stop the government from enforcing a policy against anyone, anywhere in the entire ...