That’s what made June 27 an especially momentous day in the career of new University of Chicago law professor Samuel Bray, whose scholarship on the topic of universal injunctions was cited over a dozen times by the Supreme Court in the case Trump v. CASA.

The Justice Department filed a motion on Friday to dissolve a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from blocking Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood clinics as mandated by the GOP megabill signed into law last week.

The move marks the latest in an ongoing struggle between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary over its increasing use of nationwide injunctions to block the president's policies.

In an unsigned decision, the justices said the administration is "likely to succeed" in its argument that President Donald Trump's executive order directing agency downsizing is lawful. The ruling allows the White House to resume staff reduction efforts across 22 federal agencies - including the Departments of State,

The ruling is temporary and guides how the administration can proceed while a legal challenge to Trump’s plan continues in lower courts.