Supreme Court’s docket loaded as decision season nears climax 

The Supreme Court is in its final sprint.

President Trump’s agenda is on the line as the justices dash to hand down their remaining decisions by their self-imposed deadline of the end of June. 

With 20 argued cases left, the court’s pace is exactly on par with this time last term. 

But among those remaining cases are potentially seismic decisions on birthright citizenship, presidential firing power, transgender athletes, mail ballots and more. 

The next opinions are expected Thursday. Here’s a look at some of the biggest cases left. 

Birthright citizenship 

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s Day 1 executive order that restricts birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to parents in the country unlawfully can stand. 

It has yet to go into effect. Every judge who has considered its legality has found it violates the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship guarantee.

Trump’s executive order has invigorated a debate in conservative legal circles about whether he can upend that conventional understanding, and the president had hoped he could convince at least five justices.  

But after tough oral arguments and a loss in this court on another cornerstone of his agenda — tariffs — Trump hasn’t appeared very optimistic.

Lamenting the justices didn’t prohibit tariff refunds, Trump wrote on Truth Social late last month “that is probably why our Country will lose the Birthright Citizenship Case.” 

Temporary protected status 

In another major immigration case, the Supreme Court will rule on the Trump administration’s authority to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) designations for more than a dozen countries. 

TPS temporarily protects nationals of a designated country from deportation and extends a pathway toward work authorization. Eligible countries must be experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters or extraordinary........

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