After months of terse emergency rulings that largely avoided major confrontations with the new administration, the justices will open their new term Monday faced with the need to render full, final verdicts on policies at the core of Trump’s presidency. The justices could also be called upon in the coming months to issue up-or-down decisions on Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship, his use of a wartime law to swiftly deport alleged gang members and his effort to strip 300,000 Venezuelan migrants of deportation protections. They set up a major test for the reputation of the court and the success of the president’s agenda, and either way, they appear certain to reshape the law.
Author: The Washington Post
Published at: 2025-10-05 21:36:35
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