President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will be back in court Thursday for its first major hearing since the Supreme Court limited the way in which lower courts can halt the controversial policy.

U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon Wednesday issued a 34-page written opinion after ruling from the bench last week.

The Supreme Court is not a perfect rubber stamp for President Donald Trump, but he is finding little willingness by the conservative majority to stand in his way.

The court’s rules require many litigants to submit 40 copies of their briefs, resulting in millions of pages printed each term. Critics call the process outdated and wasteful.

A group of climate activists seeking to revive their lawsuit against the EPA referenced a legal opinion by Justice Samuel Alito.

Asked what a world without judicial independence would look like, Justice Clint Bolick offered an ominous answer. "It looks like authoritarianism."