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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued decisions on the final six cases that were left on its docket for the summer, including emergency appeals relating to President Donald Trump's agenda.Here's a roundup of Friday's decisions:Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of birthright citizenship order unclearA divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. He called it a “monumental victory�� and said he'd “promptly file�� to advance policies blocked by judges, including birthright citizenship restrictions.But a conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide. Trump's order would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally.Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirementsThe Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects some 150 million Americans.The 6-3 ruling comes in a lawsuit over how the government decides which health care medications and services must be fully covered by private insurance under former President Barack Obama’s signature law, often referred to as Obamacare.The plaintiffs said the process is unconstitutional because a volunteer board of medical experts tasked with recommending which services are covered is not Senate approved.Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ booksThe Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks. The justices reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington. The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.The decision was not a final ruling in the case, but the justices strongly suggested that the parents will win in the end.Supreme Court upholds fee supporting phone, internet services in rural areasThe Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal Service Fund, the charge that has been added to phone bills for nearly 30 years.At arguments in March, liberal and conservative justices alike expressed concerns about the potentially devastating consequences of eliminating the fund, which has benefited tens of millions of Americans.Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography onlineThe Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography.Nearly half of all states have passed similar age verification laws as smartphones and other devices make it easier to access online porn, including hardcore obscene material.The ruling comes after an adult-entertainment industry trade group called the Free Speech Coalition challenged the Texas law.