The justices are considering whether to limit the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions that have blocked key parts of the Trump agenda until they can be heard in court.

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready Thursday to place some limits on the power of single federal district judges to freeze presidential actions nationwide, in oral arguments over the future of President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.

The Supreme Court appeared divided after hearing arguments Thursday about the power of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions, including rulings that have blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting the guarantee of birthright citizenship nationwide.