The US Supreme Court is wrapping up a term focused on President Donald Trump's expansive claims of presidential power. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
The court will consider Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship, fire the heads of most independent agencies at will, and remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor. The remaining eight cases are expected to be decided this week, beginning Monday.
The court is also weighing whether to uphold laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on public school and college sports, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho.
Two election-related cases remain: state laws allowing a grace period for receipt of mailed ballots sent by Election Day, and limits on political party spending in support of candidates for Congress and president.
Also outstanding is a dispute over geofence warrants that collect cellphone users' location history to find people near crime scenes. Critics say the practice is a fishing expedition that violates civil liberties.
The court's conservative majority has so far been mostly receptive to Trump's immigration crackdown, including a decision last week allowing the administration to end temporary legal protections for people who came to the US due to war or natural disaster. Another decision could make it harder for people fleeing persecution to seek asylum.
During arguments in April, the justices signaled skepticism toward Trump's executive order that would overturn long-settled understanding and deny citizenship to children born to parents in the country illegally or temporarily.
The court also rejected Trump's assertion of power to unilaterally impose wide-ranging tariffs under an emergency powers law. The February decision drew Trump's ire, including an unusually harsh denunciation of two of his appointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, who voted against him.
The extent of Trump's power to fire independent agency members is the oldest undecided case, argued in December. The justices seem likely to overturn or drastically narrow a 91-year-old decision requiring cause before a president could remove Senate-confirmed officials. The outcome appears in little doubt because conservatives have allowed the firings to take effect while the case plays out, even after lower courts found them illegal.
The court seemed less willing to endorse Trump's bid to immediately fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, which she denies. No president has ever fired a Fed governor in the agency's 112-year history.
By custom, the court finishes its work before July 4. After this week, its next public meeting is the first Monday in October.