High Court prepares for showdown on the climactic day of its term
On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a decision on President Donald Trump's polarizing executive order designed to curtail birthright citizenship. The Chief Justice took to the bench to announce the final day's decisions.
The Court will be releasing six opinions on Friday, marking a blockbuster finale at the top court. The cases include Trump's birthright citizenship order, a controversy over the reading of LGBTQ books in schools, and a First Amendment challenge to a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing adult content online.
In years past, the court attempts to conclude its work by July. However, this year, the justices have bundled many high-profile cases for the final day. Last year saw only three opinions on the last day, including a decision granting Trump immunity from criminal prosecution. Two years ago, the court issued three decisions, including a ruling that halted President Joe Biden's student loan relief program.
Cases still pending include the court deciding on a school district's religious rights burden, the fate of a government task force recommending preventive health care services under Obamacare, and a challenge to Louisiana's congressional districts regarding race considerations in map drawing.
Despite all the significant decisions, the most significant is likely to be the one on Trump's birthright citizenship order.
The administration sought the Court's support to restrict the impact of nationwide injunctions, which lower courts have issued more frequently. While several conservative justices expressed worries about nationwide injunctions, they also seemed hesitant to let the president temporarily enforce a policy seemingly against the 14th Amendment.
Last week, the court's conservative majority upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, mimicking roughly half of the nation's states.
The Supreme Court's decision on the birthright citizenship order won't resolve the constitutional question about the order's legality under the 14th Amendment. The Court narrowed the scope of nationwide injunctions, allowing Trump's administration to continue trying to implement the order, but leaving open the possibility of more limited legal challenges. Essentially, the ruling provided Trump a procedural win, but the constitutional dispute over birthright citizenship remains undecided at the highest level.
- The six opinions to be released by the Supreme Court on Friday include the controversial case of President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
- Another significant case involves a controversy over the reading of LGBTQ books in schools, which is also part of the final day's decisions.
- The Court is also set to announce a decision on a First Amendment challenge to a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing adult content online.
- Cases still pending include the court deciding on a school district's religious rights burden, the fate of a government task force recommending preventive health care services under Obamacare, and a challenge to Louisiana's congressional districts regarding race considerations in map drawing.
- While the Court's ruling on the birthright citizenship order will provide Trump's administration a procedural win, the constitutional dispute over the order's legality under the 14th Amendment remains undecided at the highest level.
- Last week, the court's conservative majority upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, mirroring half of the nation's states' decisions on the matter.
