Trump v. California

Summary

The Court granted the Government's application to stay the District Court's injunction pending appellate proceedings, concluding that the Government was likely to establish that the States lacked standing and that their claims were unripe. The Court held that each challenged provision was an internal Executive Branch directive that imposed no present legal obligations on the States, while the alleged injuries depended on speculative future actions. The Court also found irreparable harm to the Executive Branch and no concrete harm to the States from granting interim relief. Justices Sotomayor and Jackson dissented, concluding that the States had present or imminent injuries and that the equities favored preserving the injunction.