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In a major ruling today, the Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law requiring adult film sites to verify that their users are above 18 years old, in an attempt to prevent minors from viewing explicit materials.
The Supreme Court has also officially shut down the left's favorite method of legal challenges against Trump, ruling that individual district courts cannot issue national injunctions against executive orders.
The ruling was 6-3, and the opinion was written by Trump appointee Justice Amy Coney Barrett. In the opinion, she states that "When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too."
This case centered around Trump's executive order that more clearly defined birthright citizenship, which grants automatic citizenship to those born in the U.S. While the Court did not rule on the merits of the order itself, it appears that it will be able to take effect, at least for now.
Justice Clarence Thomas also indicated in a concurring opinion that other Trump executive orders and actions could take effect, saying that today, the Court "puts an end to the 'increasingly common' practice of federal courts issuing universal injunctions, which block laws nationwide."
In another ruling, the Court also found that parents can choose to opt their children out of lessons that includes adult material, including books and lesson plans with "LGBT themes."