Supreme Court to rule on birthright citizenship, campaign finance and transgender athletes

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hand down its final opinions in cases argued this term, with three big matters left: birthright citizenship, campaign finance and bans on transgender athletes.

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Announcements in the trio of closely watched issues will cap a high court term that has already featured several significant rulings on  tariffs, voting rights, immigration and more.

The Republican-appointed court majority, which includes three justices appointed by Trump, has broadly empowered the president in his second term in office but hasn’t always sided with him. Monday’s 5-4 ruling on mail-in ballots, authored by Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett, was one of the latest examples.

The president himself has said he expects the birthright citizenship case to join his short list of big losses, but as always, we won’t know the answer until the opinion comes. Here’s a recap of the cases in which we expect rulings when the justices take the bench Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C.  

Birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara

When Trump returned to the White House last year, he signed an executive order that purports to end automatic citizenship for babies born in this country. The order hasn’t taken effect because it’s “blatantly unconstitutional,” as one of the several judges who ruled against Trump in the lower courts observed.