Jun 26, 10:24 PM

Supreme Court Sets Final Opinion Day With Six High-Profile Cases Pending

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will issue the last opinions of its 2024-25 term on Friday, June 27, capping a nine-month session that leaves six high-profile cases for decision. Chief Justice John Roberts announced the schedule at the Court’s Thursday sitting, confirming that Friday will be the final opinion day before the justices recess for the summer. Foremost on the docket is Trump v. CASA, an emergency appeal over President Donald Trump’s executive order ending automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented parents. Lower courts blocked the directive nationwide, and the administration is asking the justices both to lift those injunctions and to curtail the power of district judges to issue nationwide orders. Plaintiffs say as many as 150,000 newborns a year could lose citizenship if the policy takes effect, making the ruling significant for immigration law and judicial authority alike. The Court will also decide whether Texas can require pornography websites to verify users’ ages (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton); whether religious parents may opt their elementary-school children out of lessons that include LGBTQ-themed books (Mahmoud v. Taylor); and whether Louisiana’s latest congressional map, which contains two majority-Black districts, is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander (Louisiana v. Callais). Two additional cases test the limits of federal power. Kennedy v. Braidwood Management challenges the structure of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, whose recommendations determine no-cost coverage of preventive health services under the Affordable Care Act. FCC v. Consumers’ Research questions Congress’s delegation of authority to the Federal Communications Commission and a nonprofit that administers the Universal Service Fund, which subsidises broadband and telephone service in underserved areas. Friday’s rulings will close a term in which the conservative-led Court has already delivered consequential decisions on abortion funding and DNA-testing rights. The justices are scheduled to return for their next term in October.

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Supreme Court Sets Final Opinion Day With Six High-Profile Cases Pending

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