The Supreme Court is expected to release at least one opinion Thursday as the current term nears its end, with several politically consequential rulings still outstanding — including President Donald Trump’s push to limit birthright citizenship and his bid to terminate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria.
The court’s term generally runs from October through late June, with the most closely watched cases often released in the final weeks. This year’s late-term docket includes two major immigration disputes that will shape the legal landscape for millions of families and workers in the United States.
One pending decision concerns Trump’s executive action to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or parents who are temporary residents. The policy would alter a long-standing constitutional interpretation of the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.
“Birthright citizenship is one of America’s most consequential commitments — the idea that where you are born, not where your parents came from, determines your belonging to this nation,” said Adam Strom, executive director and co-founder of Reimagining Migration, in an article published by The74. “For the millions of immigrant-origin children in our schools, this isn’t an abstraction. It’s the ground they stand on.”
MSI previously reported that the Supreme Court weighed Trump’s bid during oral arguments in March, with several justices casting doubt on the administration’s legal theory. The court heard the case on March 31.
The second immigration case before the court asks whether the Trump administration may lawfully terminate the Temporary Protected Status designations for Haiti and Syria. TPS allows nationals from designated countries experiencing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or other extraordinary conditions to live and work in the U.S. legally. Haitian and Syrian immigrants covered by TPS would lose their protected status if the administration prevails.
The court also has before it a case concerning Trump’s authority to remove a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, a dispute with implications for the independence of the U.S. central bank.
Beyond the pending rulings, Trump on Wednesday signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, which he described as a “major win” for the U.S. The Guardian’s Andrew Roth characterized the deal as a pragmatic exit from a conflict the U.S. entered “with maximalist goals.”
In New York, police said a teenager died Wednesday after being thrown to the ground when a Central Park carriage horse bolted from its driver. Separately, court proceedings Wednesday revealed that Luigi Mangione’s legal team plans to pursue a psychiatric defense during his Manhattan state court trial for the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson.