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Supreme Court Opens Term That Will Test Trump's Emergency Wins

A conservative-leaning court now shifts from rapid, unexplained orders to arguments that could redefine presidential power.

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
The US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, on October 2.
FILE - The Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Overview

  • The new term begins Monday with arguments set on Trump’s tariffs Nov. 5 and on presidential removal power over independent-agency officials in December, with a birthright-citizenship case expected later in the term.
  • The emergency docket delivered roughly 20–21 interim victories for the administration, allowing firings, funding cuts, deportations and limits on nationwide injunctions without resolving the underlying constitutional questions.
  • Critics, including lower-court judges and liberal justices, fault the terse orders for lacking guidance, as seen in dissents over NIH cuts and expedited deportations.
  • The justices recently declined to let Trump remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook immediately and scheduled full arguments for January, signaling selective limits even as most emergency requests succeeded.
  • The calendar also features high-impact disputes over Louisiana redistricting, state bans on conversion therapy for minors, transgender athletes in school sports and a Hawaii gun case.