Cases related to President Donald Trump are likely to dominate the Supreme Court’s docket for the second straight term, and this time the stakes are higher.
Last term’s Trump cases all were emergency appeals — cases in which the justices issue temporary rulings about whether a policy can go forward while challenges play out in lower courts. This term, the court will be called upon to render final verdicts.
The justices already have agreed to consider whether Trump can continue with most of his sweeping tariffs, the hallmark of his economic agenda. The court will also weigh whether to overturn a 90-year-old precedent that has allowed Congress to create independent, nonpartisan agencies. The justices will also determine whether Trump can fire a member of the powerful Federal Reserve.
Non-Trump high-profile issues include whether states can ban conversion therapy for gay and transgender individuals; whether transgender women can play on girls’ and women’s sports teams; and cases dealing with campaign spending limits and electioneering.
Here are some of the biggest cases this term, including several on the court’s emergency docket, where the justices make temporary decisions about whether to allow a policy to go forward while legal challenges play out against it in court.
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