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Happy Friday! This is a great weekend for television — the third and final season of “Squid Game” is out on Netflix, and “The Bear” is also back! Oh, and did you know, that infamous debate between Biden and Trump was one year ago today?

In today's packed Supreme Court edition:

• President hails ruling limiting judges' power
• Trump's birthright citizenship win
• Court backs LGBTQ book opt-outs
• Porn site age-verification law upheld

🚨️ THE SUPREME COURT

Going out with a bang:

To close out its term, the Supreme Court fired off major decision after major decision this morning.

1 — Birthright citizenship:

The Supreme Court delivered President Trump a major win this morning, allowing his executive order to restrict birthright citizenship to go into effect in some areas of the country — at least for now.

Importantly, the high court's ruling limits the ability of federal judges across the country to issue nationwide injunctions blocking Trump's policies. The White House is thrilled (more below on that).

The ruling: 6-3, along ideological lines. Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson issued fiery dissent over the conservative court’s decision.

But here’s the thing: The court didn’t weigh in on the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order. Instead, the justices weighed in on whether three federal judges have the power to block Trump’s order nationwide. The court ruled those judges went too far. But the administration has to wait 30 days before attempting to deny citizenship to anyone.

There are still legal challenges to the constitutionality of restricting birthright citizenship, so this may not be the end of the issue.

Trump took a victory lap: He called it a “GIANT WIN” in a quick social media post. He then held a press conference to celebrate what he hailed as a "monumental" ruling, praising Justice Amy Coney Barrett and giving a shout-out to each of the conservative justices by name.

“That was meant for the babies of slaves. It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation,” Trump said, referring to the Fourteenth Amendment of the........

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