A review of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., which held that federal district courts’ universal preliminary injunctions that enjoin government officials from implementing and enforcing an executive order likely exceed the courts’ equitable authority granted by Congress under the Judiciary Act of 1789.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority continued to march American law toward the right during its term that ended last week, in a steady stream of 6-3 decisions in major cases along with a flood of emergency appeals sparked by the Trump administration.