The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to conclude its current term within days, with several closely watched cases still awaiting decisions, including a challenge involving President Donald Trump’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship.
The birthright citizenship case stems from an executive order signed by Trump early in his second term that would deny automatic U.S. citizenship to some children born in the United States, depending on their parents’ immigration status. If upheld, the policy would mark a significant departure from more than 150 years of legal precedent interpreting the 14th Amendment.
During oral arguments in April, several justices, including some conservatives, appeared skeptical of the administration’s legal arguments. If the court rules against the order, it could reaffirm longstanding constitutional protections for citizenship by birth. If it sides with the administration, an estimated 255,000 children born annually in the United States could be affected.
Other major cases still awaiting decisions include challenges to state laws banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, lawsuits over President Trump’s authority to remove certain federal officials from independent agencies, and a Republican-backed effort to prohibit states from counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, even if they were mailed on time.
The court has already issued several landmark rulings this term, many of which favored the Trump administration.
On immigration, the justices cleared the way for the administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, broadened the government’s authority over asylum claims and gave immigration officials greater discretion to deny reentry to some green card holders.
One of the administration’s biggest setbacks came earlier this year when the court struck down Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ruling that he lacked the legal authority to impose them. The decision forced the federal government to begin refunding billions of dollars in tariff collections.
Other notable rulings this term have expanded gun rights, weakened some limits on political redistricting, opened the door to challenges against state bans on conversion therapy, and sided with agrochemical manufacturer Monsanto in litigation involving its Roundup weedkiller.
As is customary, the Supreme Court has reserved several of its most significant decisions for the final days of its term, ensuring that the remaining rulings are likely to have lasting implications for immigration policy, election law, presidential authority and constitutional rights.
Source: Yahoo!News