US EditionNew Supreme Court term confronts justices with Trump’s aggressive assertion of presidential power
The Supreme Court will decide on Trump’s executive orders on birthright citizenship, tariffs, and agency control amid ongoing challenges to voting rights and LGBTQ protections.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes to start its October term, confronting major questions about presidential power, voting rights and LGBTQ issues during a nine-month session.
- After months of litigation following the Jan. 20 inauguration, a flood of lawsuits stems from far-reaching executive actions, while the Republican-controlled Congress largely refuses to resist, leaving Roberts and the courts to decide.
- In early November, the court will take up the tariffs challenge after lower courts found Trump lacks unilateral emergency authority to impose them, while a December case will test firings of independent-agency officials and the birthright citizenship executive order faces appeals.
- The court's conservative majority has repeatedly granted emergency relief to the administration, acting for it in most of 23 petitions, and will hear key arguments Nov. 5 without signaling leanings.
- Decisions could alter agency independence and economic levers like tariffs, as rulings on the Federal Reserve and import taxes affecting trillions of dollars in trade are delayed until next year.
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New Supreme Court term confronts justices with Donald Trump’s aggressive assertion of presidential power
WASHINGTON — A monumental Supreme Court term begins Monday with major tests of presidential power on the agenda along with pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court’s conservative majority has so far been receptive, at least in preliminary rulings, to many of President Donald Trump’s aggressive assertions of authority. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invoked the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip after one such decision …
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