US Supreme Court curbs judges' power to block Trump orders

美国最高法院限制法官阻止特朗普命令的权力

Global News Podcast

2025-06-28

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The top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders. Also: DR Congo and Rwanda sign long-awaited peace deal, and should we be letting maggots eat our food waste?
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Saturday the 28th of June these are our main stories.

  • President Trump says he's been handed a giant win after the US Supreme Court ruled that judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders.

  • In a separate move Mr Trump says he's cutting off trade talks with Canada

  • because it's about to enforce a tax targeting big tech companies.

  • And the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal seen as a first step towards ending three decades of conflict between the two countries.

  • Also in this podcast...

  • As babies they are super, super hungry.

  • If you remember the book The Hungry Caterpillar, he just eats and eats.

  • The maggots being used in food waste disposal in Lithuania.

  • In a highly significant ruling,

  • the US Supreme Court has curbed the power of federal judges to block presidential orders nationwide.

  • The case stems from President Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants.

  • He hailed the 6-3 decision as a giant win.

  • Dissenting justices said the ruling made a mockery of the Constitution.

  • This is a ruling likely to have implications for other policies President Trump is pursuing.

  • From Washington, our North America correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, reports.

  • This next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment of the United States.

  • Just hours after taking the presidential oath in January,

  • Donald Trump signed one of his most controversial executive orders.