Supreme Court rulings live: SCOTUS set for decisions on birthright citizenship as term comes to an end

Supreme Court rulings live: SCOTUS set for decisions on birthright citizenship as term comes to an end The high-profile decisions are expected one day after the Supreme Court dealt a series of setbacks to Republicans - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The Supreme Court is poised to issue a series of high-profile decisions Tuesday, including major rulings on birthright citizenship and the rights of transgender athletes, as it wraps up its term. At 10 a.m., the justices are expected to deliver a long-awaited decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order last year seeking to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. The court will also rule on whether bans in West Virginia and Idaho preventing transgender athletes from competing in women’s school sports are constitutional. On Monday, the high court delivered a blitz of decisions, several of which marked setbacks for Republicans. The justices upheld Mississippi’s counting of mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and rejected Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. The president bemoaned several of the rulings in posts on Truth Social on Monday. Addressing the decision on mail-in ballots, which he has long labeled fraudulent, he wrote: “In light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter’s Rights…it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.” Reporters and spectators gather outside the Supreme Court Ahead of the justices’ long-awaited rulings, news reporters and spectators were seen gathering outside the court on Tuesday morning. The rulings are expected to be handed down at 10 a.m. The court has a history of siding with Trump in other immigration cases The court's conservative majority has backed Trump on other major immigration-related policies since he returned to the presidency. For instance, the court on June 25 cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation. On the same day, it sided with him by backing the U.S. government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. In other cases, it let Trump expand mass deportation measures on an interim basis while legal challenges play out, such as ending humanitarian protections for certain migrants, deporting people to countries where they have no ties and carrying out aggressive immigration raids that can target individuals based on their race or language. The court, however, has not always ruled in Trump's favor. In February, it struck down sweeping tariffs he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies. And on Monday it refused to let him fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. What to know about the long-awaited birthright citizenship ruling Here’s what to know about the court’s expected ruling on birthright citizenship: A lower court previously blocked Trump's executive order directing U.S. agencies not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither parent is an American citizen or legal permanent resident, also called a "green card" holder. Challengers to Trump's order argued that it violates language in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment that confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Trump issued the order last year on his first day back in office as part of a suite of policies to crack down on legal and illegal immigration. Critics have accused the Republican president of racial and religious discrimination in his approach to immigration. Ahead of the ruling, some experts had estimated that Trump's directive could affect the legal status of as many as 250,000 babies born each year. The Supreme Court is set to deliver series of long-awaited rulings today The Supreme Court is poised to issue a series of high-profile decisions Tuesday, the last day of its term. At 10 a.m., the justices are expected to deliver a long-awaited decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order last year seeking to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. The court will also rule on whether bans in West Virginia and Idaho preventing transgender athletes from competing in women’s school sports are constitutional. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments