The Marshall Project reports on Supreme Court rulings that weakened universal injunctions, impacting immigration laws while some criminal justice cases favored litigants.

The lower-court ruling barred individuals in seven states from bringing lawsuits claiming racial discrimination under the landmark law.

The Supreme Court on Thursday paused a lower court ruling limiting the ability of private individuals to bring lawsuits over potential violations of the Voting Rights Act. The case could be heard by the justices on the merits in the coming term.