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Supreme Court to Hear 26 Trump Cases, Including Alabama Map

6/4/2026

Summary

Supreme Court Weighs

Supreme Court will decide 26 cases before its summer recess, involving President Donald Trump.
On June 1 the Court let Alabama use a map that removes a majority-Black district, adding a Republican seat.
Trump v. Slaughter challenges Trump’s firing of FTC member Rebecca Slaughter, while Trump v. Cook, the April 1 birthright-citizenship case, and Watson v. RNC test his authority to fire officials and end citizenship by birth.

Summary

Chilton Launches Review

Dean Adam Chilton said the June 2 Supreme Court Review and Preview, the school’s first, adds a new dimension to First Mondays.
Strauss highlighted the March Chiles v. Salazar decision, labeling Colorado’s conversion-therapy ban viewpoint discrimination while avoiding professional-regulation parallels.
He warned that the pending geofence-warrant case Chatrie v. United States challenges Fourth Amendment limits, with the clinic as co-counsel.
Baude and Huq discussed Second Amendment and unitary executive issues.

Summary

Trump Attends Court

U.S. President Donald Trump attended Supreme Court arguments, first sitting president to do so, as the solicitor general argued to end birthright citizenship.
The administration moved to end Temporary Protected Status for Syrians and Haitians, threatening about 1.3 million TPS holders, while justices signaled possible mass deportations.
The Court weighed whether migrants on the Mexican side have “arrived” in the United States, reviving the Obama-era “metering” policy that may resume turn-backs.

History

Historical Context

After the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in 1868 to overturn Dred Scott, the 1898 Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark affirmed birthright citizenship for children of alien parents. Since the 1990s Congress and presidents have repeatedly tried to curtail that rule, and President Trump’s 2025 executive order targeting roughly 150,000 annually born children of non-citizen parents now faces Supreme Court review.

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Supreme Court Weighs

Supreme Court will decide 26 cases before its summer recess, involving President Donald Trump.
On June 1 the Court let Alabama use a map that removes a majority-Black district, adding a Republican seat.
Trump v. Slaughter challenges Trump’s firing of FTC member Rebecca Slaughter, while Trump v. Cook, the April 1 birthright-citizenship case, and Watson v. RNC test his authority to fire officials and end citizenship by birth.

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