HHS Policy Changes, Supreme Court Rulings, and the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group
Legal Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Universal Injunctions
On July 24, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed that President Trump’s Executive Order 14160 aimed at ending birthright citizenship, violates the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is...more
You’ve probably heard about the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc.—the “birthright citizenship case.” But the Court actually didn’t decide anything about who is a citizen....more
At the end of a blockbuster term, the Supreme Court sharply limited the power of federal courts to issue so-called universal injunctions against government actors. The decision in Trump v. CASA (and related cases) did not...more
On Thursday, July 10, a federal court in New Hampshire issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration, blocking the executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship rights....more
A federal district court in New Hampshire granted certification to a nationwide class and issued a preliminary injunction (PI) on July 10 that prevents the U.S. government from implementing Executive Order 14160. EO 14160...more
At the end of its 2024-25 term, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal district courts do not have equity power to issue so-called “universal” (also known as “nationwide”) injunctions. At issue in...more
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 27 invalidating universal injunctions as the remedy imposed by three federal district courts that had determined that President Trump’s Executive Order limiting...more
On Friday, June 27, the Supreme Court held that so-called universal injunctions (sometimes called nationwide injunctions) likely exceed federal courts’ equitable authority as granted by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Court...more
In the waning days of the Court’s session this year, several blockbuster decisions were issued. A long-awaited decision regarding birthright citizenship was issued, but did not address the merits of the case itself. In the...more
In a decision issued on June 27, 2025, Trump v. CASA, Inc. (a 6-3 ruling), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal District Courts lack authority to grant universal injunctions. In CASA, the United States District Courts for...more
In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court addressed three emergency applications challenging the use of universal injunctions that bar enforcement of federal action across the country. The case concerned the entry of a temporary...more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., –– S. Ct. ––, 2025 WL 1773631 (U.S. June 27, 2025), restricting the use of “universal injunctions” by federal district courts, is receiving extensive attention...more
Last Friday, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. covering three separate lawsuits that were consolidated for purposes of argument and decision, held that Federal Courts may not grant a universal...more
On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal courts lack the authority to issue universal injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789. In so ruling, the Court granted the...more