Top Supreme Court Decisions to Watch as Term Ends

Birthright citizenship, transgender sports, turning back asylum seekers, and a sweeping Hawaii gun law are on the docket.
Top Supreme Court Decisions to Watch as Term Ends
Supreme Court justices pose for an official photo at the court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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As the U.S. Supreme Court approaches its summer recess, the justices are expected to issue many critical rulings on immigration, presidential power, and other hot-button issues. The most-anticipated ruling concerns President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship policy, an effort to prevent U.S. citizenship from being automatically bestowed on the children of illegal immigrants.

Other important immigration-related cases are about whether the government is allowed to turn away asylum seekers at the border, and whether it may revoke protections for Syrians and Haitians who say they fear returning to their homelands.