All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it issues this term’s final flurry of opinions — some of which concern hot-button issues like birthright citizenship and parental rights in schools — before breaking for summer recess. They’ve said Friday, June 27, will be the final day for opinions for the term.
CNN is tracking the key Supreme Court cases of the 2024-2025 term. Justices on June 18 upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors in a 6-3 split down ideological lines. Other major cases the high court has ruled on include: upholding regulation for “ghost guns,” siding with the government’s abandoned ban on TikTok and tossing a lawsuit tied to gun violence at the border.
Here’s what we know so far and what we’re still waiting on.
Among the decisions that recently landed is Ames v. Ohio, a lawsuit in which a woman alleged she was discriminated against by her gay boss because she is straight. The court unanimously sided with the plaintiff in early June, making it easier to win “reverse discrimination” suits in some parts of the country.
The Supreme Court also threw out a lawsuit from the Mexican government that argued American gunmakers should be held accountable for contributing to gun violence and chaos at the border. The lawsuit alleged that the American companies were marketing firearms specifically to drug cartels and gangs. In a 9-0 ruling, however, the court said the Mexican government did not “plausibly allege” that manufacturers aided and abetted unlawful sales.
The Supreme Court has yet to weigh in on some of the most important cases of the term, which could have far-reaching implications for millions of Americans.
One of those cases centers on birthright citizenship — which guarantees citizenship to all children born on US soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. The justices will decide whether President Donald Trump can enforce an executive order that limits birthright citizenship, effectively reversing long-standing legal precedent.
A high-profile case remaining on the docket concerns a yearslong effort to expand parental rights in schools, where parents of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland are suing the state’s board of education for violating their religious beliefs. The justices will decide whether elementary schools need to allow parents to opt their children out of reading LGBTQ+ books in class. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority has signaled that they would side with the parents.
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