‘Government-by-universal-injunction has persisted long enough’: Trump demands SCOTUS limit federal court powers over executive branch in birthright citizenship ban case

Donald Trump opens his palms in the White House.

US President Donald Trump sits during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 13, 2025. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images).

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing two executive orders that call for slashing federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.

Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick slammed the brakes on the government’s funding cuts with a preliminary injunction on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by more than 15 cities and counties. The localities sued President Donald Trump and his administration over two executive orders that he signed after taking office in January, specifically the “Protecting the American People Against Invasion” and “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders” orders.

The plaintiffs include San Francisco, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, and Minneapolis, St. Paul, and New Haven.

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