Overview
- Trump v. Barbara will determine whether the president can refuse to recognize birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment after lower courts blocked a 2025 executive order targeting future children of certain noncitizens.
- Legal analysts warn the outcome could affect the citizenship status of potentially millions of people and increase deportation risks if the Court narrows longstanding jus soli protections.
- The justices recently blocked the White House from sending the National Guard to Chicago for immigration operations, prompting withdrawals from other cities and signaling potential limits on executive action.
- Beyond Barbara, the Court is weighing Trump v. Slaughter on presidential authority to remove leaders of multi‑member agencies such as the FTC and SEC, a decision that could reshape agency independence.
- The docket also includes a challenge to the president’s claimed tariff powers under a Cold War‑era emergency law and a dispute over protections for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with arguments scheduled this month.