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Supreme Court Poised to Resolve Birthright Citizenship, School Censorship and Voting Maps

Thursday’s opinion day will clarify whether district judges have authority to issue nationwide injunctions.

The US Supreme Court will decide whether parents have the right to prevent their kids from studying inclusive, LGBTQ-related texts in a case out of  public schools in the eastern state of Maryland
Anti-abortion protestors outside the US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is to rule on a challenge by a group of white voters to a congressional map adopted last year by the state legislature of Louisiana creating a second Black majority district
A woman holds a sign during a protest outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship

Overview

  • Ten cases remain on the Supreme Court’s docket as justices race to finish work before summer recess.
  • Opinions scheduled for Thursday will address whether federal district judges can block policies nationwide through universal injunctions.
  • The court will rule on whether President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship can proceed after lower courts halted it across the country.
  • Louisiana v. Callais will test whether a new map adding a second majority-Black district violates constitutional limits on racial gerrymandering.
  • Remaining cases also include challenges to Texas’s website age-verification law, the structure of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and patient rights under the Medicaid Act.