The US Supreme Court dealt President Donald Trump a defeat on birthright citizenship, but overall the court's conservative majority continued to expand presidential power. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.
On Tuesday, the court rejected Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary visitors and undocumented migrants. However, the decision was closely decided, with only five of the nine justices finding a constitutional guarantee for such a right.
In February, the court by a six-to-three margin also struck down Trump's attempts to impose sweeping tariffs on US trading partners. Trump appointees Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch joined that decision. Trump responded with far more anger, calling three conservative justices "lapdogs."
In December, Chief Justice John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh (another Trump appointee) and Barrett sided with liberals to block the president from deploying National Guard soldiers to Chicago.
However, the court's conservative majority delivered several major victories for Trump. On Monday, six conservative justices ruled that Trump could dismiss members of independent federal regulatory agencies. This decision will give the president increased sway over federal bureaucracy.
The court also expanded presidential power on immigration. Last week, it upheld the revocation of temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants and made it harder for refugees to claim political asylum.
Kate Shaw, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said: "There will be occasional deviations, but I think this is a very strong, very conservative court with the broadest conception of presidential power that we have ever seen."